Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer

Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.

As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your employer will now be able to read your RCS chats in Google Messages despite end-to-end encryption.”

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This underlines the widespread misunderstanding of end-to-end encryption. The security protects your messages when they’re being sent, but once they’re on your phone, they’re decrypted and available to anyone controlling the device.

Google says this is “a dependable, Android-supported solution for message…