{"id":137161,"date":"2024-12-15T03:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T20:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137161"},"modified":"2024-12-15T03:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T20:07:54","slug":"apple-did-the-bare-minimum-because-it-doesnt-care-about-you-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137161","title":{"rendered":"Apple did the bare minimum because it doesn&#8217;t care about you either"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Normally, I&#8217;m quick to point out all the ways that Google shows a lack of respect for users inside its ecosystem. That&#8217;s part of my job; if a Google exec scratches his or her butt, I need to see how it affects Google&#8217;s portfolio and us since we&#8217;re the ones using these products.<\/p>\n<p>That means I rarely worry about what other companies, like Apple, do to their users. This time is different because Apple&#8217;s disdain for consumers and lack of cooperation puts us all at risk, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/android-and-iphone-users-told-to-pause-texting-each-other-amid-major-security-threat\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/android-and-iphone-users-told-to-pause-texting-each-other-amid-major-security-threat\">according to the FBI<\/a>, which <em>usually<\/em> knows what it is doing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking about <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/what-rcs-and-why-it-important-android\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/what-rcs-and-why-it-important-android\">RCS<\/a>. Of course, I&#8217;m talking about RCS because it&#8217;s been at least a month since I had to talk about RCS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<p>Android &amp; Chill<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Android Central mascot\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6okfEqHJFPcbznZSbSNW3n.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">One of the web&#8217;s longest-running tech columns, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-and-chill\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-and-chill\">Android &amp; Chill<\/a> is your Saturday discussion of Android, Google, and all things tech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal: if you use an iPhone and message someone else who is using an iPhone, you&#8217;re good. If you use an Android phone and message someone else using an Android phone, you&#8217;re good, too. The problem is when an iPhone user messages an Android user or an Android user messages an iPhone user.<\/p>\n<p>Those messages, using the default messages app built into the phone, are no more secure than the old way of sending a text was. Apple did incorporate RCS messaging into iMessage, but it did it in a way that&#8217;s not secure and didn&#8217;t work with Google to sort it out.<\/p>\n<p>This happened because of RCS itself. The tech, in its current form, doesn&#8217;t support any sort of encryption yet. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/rcs-nowin-ios-a-new-chapter-for-mobile-messaging\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/rcs-nowin-ios-a-new-chapter-for-mobile-messaging\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s being worked on<\/a>, but if you implement RCS using only the current open standards, messages are no safer than they used to be.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Google <em>does<\/em> offer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/what-encryption\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/what-encryption\">encrypted<\/a> RCS messaging \u2014 but only between two Android phones or the Chrome browser tied to an Android phone. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/google-will-now-directly-offer-rcs-features-instead-waiting-carriers\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/google-will-now-directly-offer-rcs-features-instead-waiting-carriers\">It added this itself<\/a> because RCS has no encryption method in place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-wvDLRALCHeBHi6NNJsv45\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-wvDLRALCHeBHi6NNJsv45 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since about 80% of people worldwide who use a smartphone are using an Android smartphone, this was one of those times when Google did the right thing. Apple didn&#8217;t. Apple offers iPhone users who talk to other iPhone users encryption and tells everyone else to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/21\/24107676\/buy-your-mom-an-iphone\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/21\/24107676\/buy-your-mom-an-iphone\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">just buy an iPhone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1200px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Messages RCS chatting on a Pixel 4a.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Nvh4Py4UT6CG7cx7uQ7ewT.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Android Central)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FBI piping in to let everyone know there is a problem isn&#8217;t unexpected. In fact, it&#8217;s the opposite, and I&#8217;m surprised it took so long. I assumed exploits would pop up during the first week, just like spam and phishing messages supposedly from the post office did. You (probably) aren&#8217;t special, and nobody is actively trying to steal your identity and hack your credit cards; they&#8217;re just trying to steal everyone&#8217;s identity and get everyone&#8217;s credit card info. Casting a huge net is an easy way to scam regular people out of millions each year.<\/p>\n<p>Apple and Google could have, and should have, prevented this. Instead, Google was worried about tossing barbs at Apple and then taking a victory lap even when it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-get-the-message-campaign\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-get-the-message-campaign\">didn&#8217;t really get what it was demanding<\/a>. Meanwhile, Apple trudged along and did nothing <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/gadgets-news\/the-chinese-connection-in-apples-support-for-googles-messaging-platform\/articleshow\/107784364.cms#:~:text=China%20has%20been%20pushing%20device,a%20condition%20of%20regulatory%20certification.\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/gadgets-news\/the-chinese-connection-in-apples-support-for-googles-messaging-platform\/articleshow\/107784364.cms#:~:text=China%20has%20been%20pushing%20device,a%20condition%20of%20regulatory%20certification.\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">until China said they had to<\/a> add <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/apple-ios-18-adds-rcs-support-android\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/apple-ios-18-adds-rcs-support-android\">RCS capabilities<\/a>. Apple will always try to appease China when it&#8217;s easy to do it, just like Google would. Neither side cared about working together to help consumers like us because we were going to buy their shit anyway. \ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udc04<\/p>\n<p>So what should you do? If you live outside the U.S. or Canada, you probably don&#8217;t have to do anything because you likely don&#8217;t even use <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/top-5-tips-and-tricks-google-messages\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/top-5-tips-and-tricks-google-messages\">Google Messages<\/a> or iMessage. People here use them because texts are free, and, well, we just <em>do<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If you use either, you should stop and switch to a secure and encrypted platform like the FBI says. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-messaging-apps\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-messaging-apps\">There are plenty,<\/a> but I&#8217;m partial to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/eu-makes-switch-signal-its-messaging-app-choice\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/eu-makes-switch-signal-its-messaging-app-choice\">Signal<\/a> because the people behind it only care about making a secure messaging service; they want to hook you on their product by making it great and not tying it to another service or looking to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/whatsapp-now-requires-you-share-data-facebook\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/whatsapp-now-requires-you-share-data-facebook\">sell it off to Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:644px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:44.72%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Signal messenger.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o2JmVcGfDhuGhdDYEdt8tN.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/install\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/install\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Signal<\/a>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That&#8217;s easier said than done. You could go through all of your contacts and ask them to switch to another platform, but they&#8217;re not going to do it. They don&#8217;t think they need to do it because they might not have thousands in the bank sitting around ripe for the taking, or they don&#8217;t think they have anything to hide.<\/p>\n<p>All you really can do is refuse to send any information through <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-messages-first-things-to-do\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-messages-first-things-to-do\">Google Messages<\/a> or iMessage that you don&#8217;t want the world to read and wish the companies that made these things actually cared about their users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/fbi-warns-about-ios-android-messaging-security-threat-and-im-not-surprised\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, I&#8217;m quick to point out all the ways that Google shows a lack of respect for users inside its ecosystem. 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