Here's how to encrypt your text messages to ensure your information is safe from cybersecurity hackers.
  • @BrianTheeBiscuiteerEnglish
    1•1 month ago

    Anyone know if Google Voice is encrypted? I can read copies of my texts online so I’m thinking no. I’ve felt like the service has outlived its usefulness for me and that would be the final straw.

    • capitalEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      I just sent a test message from my GV to my normal carrier number. It’s regular old SMS. No, not encrypted.

    • @ZakEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      I see no reason to believe that it is.

      I find it useful when outside the USA to be able to communicate with American luddites who refuse to install messaging apps.

    • NoxyEnglish
      1•1 month ago

      Yes it almost certainly is, though how they manage who can decrypt is another story

      Nope sorry Google Voice is not encrypted, dunno why I thought it was

      • capitalEnglish
        2•1 month ago

        In what way is it encrypted because I believe the answer is that it is not.

        • NoxyEnglish
          1•1 month ago

          SSL or TLS. No way Google would send that in the clear.

          • capitalEnglish
            3•1 month ago

            It sends SMS. not RCS. Does SMS even support any type of encryption? I’m under the impression it doesn’t.

            Edit: I just sent a message from my GV to my regular carrier number and it’s just SMS. Certainly not encrypted.

            • NoxyEnglish
              3•1 month ago

              Damnit I was thinking of the wrong Google product.

              You’re right.