I have never used Google Messages but I will most likely have to start using it once RCS support is added on iOS.
I am running GrapheneOS with no Google Play services and was curious if Google Messages would run without it. I am assuming notifications will be delayed but is there anything else?
Is anyone here running GrapheneOS and Google Messages?
For a time, RCS was not e2ee, neither in one-on-one or group chats. I think they changed both to finally being encrypted. Obviously, even if they are, the sender and receiver are both known by either your phone provider or Google itself… Or both.