Re: RCS messaging

On 2025-04-18 11:48, Arno Welzel wrote:

Jörg Lorenz, 2025-04-01 23:36:
 

On 01.04.25 23:32, Jörg Lorenz wrote:

BTW: iPhone users do not appreciate RCS messages at all.

>
Explanation: The proprietary encryption of RCS is crap and is
undermining the security philosophy of iPhones.
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RCS does not have a "raison d'être".

 It has - it is the evolution of SMS/MMS as a common standard an not a
proprietary protocol like iMessage, Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp etc..

True.

 The implementation of a working encryption as part of the standard is
just a question of time:
 <https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/article/rcs-nowin-ios-a-new-chapter-for-mobile-messaging/>

This is too old. Dated Tuesday 17 September, 2024.
The encryption standard already exists.
...

Additionally, users will benefit from stronger protections
from scam, fraud, and other security threats."

How do they intend to do that?
On the same site, there is a more recent article:
<https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/article/rcs-encryption-a-leap-towards-secure-and-interoperable-messaging/>
RCS Encryption: A Leap Towards Secure and Interoperable Messaging
Friday 14 March, 2025
Tom Van Pelt, Technical Director, GSMA
There is an article that mentions "scam".
<https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/vietnams-digital-future-in-the-spotlight-as-gsma-summit-tackles-trust-inclusion-and-scam-prevention/>
Tuesday 15 April, 2025
Vietnam’s Digital Future in the Spotlight as GSMA Summit Tackles Trust, Inclusion, and Scam Prevention
But much blah blah blah, not how they intend to actually fight scams.
It links to another one, <https://www.gsma.com/about-us/regions/asia-pacific/gsma_resources/address-scam-apac/>
Sunday March 2, 2025
Towards a digital nation: addressing the scam economy in Asia Pacific
[download]
This is a 38 page PDF <https://www.gsma.com/about-us/regions/asia-pacific/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/240325-Towards-a-digital-nation.pdf>
GSMA
Intlelligence
Towards a digital nation:
addressing the scam
economy in Asia Pacific
I don't have the energy today to read that long piece. And if it is focused in a far away region, maybe it doesn't help me.
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Cheers, Carlos.