Google's encryption-breaking Magic Compose AI proves iPhone shouldn't support RCS messaging

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Google Messages' Magic Compose AI feature breaks encryption. Here's why that's bad news for Apple bringing RCS to iMessage on iPhone.

Published May 29th, 2023 8:44AM EDTFor years, Google has been dying to come up with an iMessage equivalent, a key iPhone feature that’s probably responsible for stealing plenty of users from Android. It took a while, but Google settled on RCS, a new standard that replaces SMS on Android devices. Now, so iMessages and RCS texts can coexist.

Fast-forward to late May and Google just shot itself in the foot when it comes to RCS. It turns out the Magic Compose AI feature that Google is building into Messages breaks encryption by sending messages back to Google’s servers. That’s a big problem, and it’s a perfect example of why Apple should keep RCS away from the iPhone.at I/O 2023 to make fun of Apple.

 

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