In the past, I’ve heard about how Google can keep records of all your Google phone’s past locations and text messages.

What about RCS messages which supposedly are encrypted from Android to Android? I know that it’s possible that they secretly keep a log behind the scenes, but as far as the regular consumer knows is there any record being kept with regard to the contents of these RCS messages?

  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I mean it’s in the name. A message containing media and not text is simply not a text message. Many people use them incorrectly but it’s literally in the name.

    Hey, I get it now. Lol. I was just explaining what my mindset was.

    RCS is (supposedly) E2EE so keys are stored locally.

    Well, you can have E2EE with keys stored server-side. It’s just kind of pointless from a security/privacy standpoint, but I’ve seen it happen.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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      4 days ago

      No you cannot. E2EE = end to end encrypted. If it can be decrypted from anywhere other than a sender or recipient (the ends) then it’s not E2EE.

      • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        11 hours ago

        You are clearly misunderstanding me.

        If the keys are stored server-side, that means it’s stored by either the “sender or recipient”. The server is among those two options.

        • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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          9 hours ago

          I am not misunderstanding you. You just do not understand what E2EE means. Th server is not a sender or a recipient. It is not an “end”.