Yeah so, #RCS coming to #iOS is neat and cute and all.

But if there is no way to tell whether RCS/SMS folks have the encrypted extension installed, this is all for naught.

**RCS is not an encrypted protocol**

Because the garbage companies and carriers pushing it **do not want it to be encrypted.**

Ex: #Google's RCS encryption implementation does not hide metadata about your messages. Gee, I cannot fucking imagine why: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/what-apples-promise-support-rcs-means-text-messaging

This is not the win some people think it is.