It’s almost 30 years since SMS was first launched — Am I that previous? — and Google has once more upped the ante on messaging requirements. In a weblog put up a short while in the past, a number of key causes to change to RCS as a major answer between platforms have been outlined.
The primary is just not an actual shock with safety, or the dearth of, on SMS being introduced ahead. The service is unencrypted and topic to interception of your message or probably even storage by carriers. Whereas in lots of circumstances, this will not alarm customers, I’ve a query for you. Do you employ SMS for two-factor authentication?
If the reply is sure, then it is best to contemplate different safer authentication choices. Choices like a Yubikey for {hardware} authentication or an authenticator app.
The opposite highlighted causes for utilizing RCS each pertain to fashionable requirements. When you’ve ever obtained a video message from somebody that’s come over MMS, you’ll know what I’m speaking about. The compression is horrendous and infrequently, so is the ensuing obtained information. Movies or photographs that appear to be they’ve been taken with a potato after which performed on a VGA display screen. Merely put, RCS permits you to ship and obtain full-quality video and picture information, sharing your content material and experiences immediately with pals and family members.
The ultimate spotlight of the put up is solely to indicate that Apple is the one main title within the communications and telco house but to undertake the usual. Once more asking the query, when will Apple get the message?
From a enterprise perspective, Apple is entitled to do its personal factor and maintain clients inside its platform. However with the improved expertise on third-party apps, my curiosity is whether or not that is holding clients on board or encouraging them to discover choices like WhatsApp, Telegram and Sign as major messaging options.
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