News of the Cyber World

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End-to-end encryption coming to Android phones

along with RCS messaging update

https://www.cyberscoop.com/android-encry...messaging/

The updated data protection protocol, which will render Android users’ messages only readable by the sender and recipient, will initially be available in beta this month, and those interested in participating in testing will have to sign up, Google said. Once end-to-end encryption is available more broadly for Android users, Google will implement it by default, according to The Verge.
Russia and China will be exempt from encryption.

How curious it is to see that those exemptions are characterized by their totalitarian postures.
Would agencies like the FBI ended loving this new encryption system?

The announcement of the forthcoming privacy and security feature coincides with Google’s announcement that Android users are now able to use RCS, or Rich Communications Services, messaging globally, with a few exceptions. The update is meant to catapult users from relying on SMS text messaging to more modern messaging features, such as chatting over Wi-Fi, sending and receiving better quality pictures and videos, and being able to use read receipts.

Of course, that service gotta be updated and both devices involved there should be using the same version of RCS to let it work smoothly.