The sad part is that blocking is not always an alternative, and you don’t want to check your phone frequently to see their texts. We all have that one friend/relative/sibling who likes to nag consistently over messages. When you send a message from iMessage to Android Messages, encryption won’t work because your messages are then stored on Google servers. Add to the fact that there are hordes of apps on the Play Store seeking access to messages, your phone is one bad app permission away from being compromised. Surprisingly, Android Messages is not end-to-end encrypted which makes it vulnerable. It means that no one can read your messages unless they have physical access to your device. That’s why iMessage is no different and comes with end-to-end encryption enabled by default on all iOS devices. EncryptionĪpple is known to take the security seriously as much as Google. It might be like comparing apples with oranges but I will do my best. Let’s see how both fare against each other. Interestingly, Apple limits iMessage to its ecosystem while Google aims to cover most platforms with the web support.

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