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U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack(www.nbcnews.com)

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2pt_perversion@lemmy.world
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Hear me out, maybe we should update pots and sms to have optional end-to-end encryption for modern implementations as well…Optional as backwards compatible and clearly shown as unencrypted when used that way to be clear.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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You mean RCS?

I’ll raise you one better: use Signal (or simplex.chat if you’re cool). Google and Apple control RCS, and carriers can still sniff metadata. Cut both groups out with a proper messenger.

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micballin@lemmy.world
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Att won’t make money off that unless they offer it as a paid service. No reason to give that away for free and the other cell carriers can just pay off (bribe with campaign contributions) legislators to understand encryption is “too costly to implement at such a scale”

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