After rolling out at the end of last month, Google Messages now lets you turn off the Gemini button on Android…

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      I mean you could but it would essentially be like ProtonMail, where the only private and secure communications would be with other users on the same platform, which would be near-zero. Would it be better? Yes, but not by much. Better off just to use something like Signal or Matrix if you’re trying to convince people to use something different.

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        2 months ago

        RCS will work with iMessage users in iOS 18. I’ve already tried out with beta users and it works fine.

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              the only private and secure communications would be with other users on the same platform, which would be near-zero.

              It doesn’t. 3rd party RCS–> iMessage is not anymore private or secure than 3rd party RCS --> Google. All message metadata is stored on Apple’s servers, just like it is on Google’s.

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                2 months ago

                Are you just going to ignore you ever said there would be near zero users?

                You’re an ass. Blocked.

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                  I’m not ignoring anything. There will be near-zero users. I’ve just explained this. I’m not being an ass and you’ve not blocked me.