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by davoneus 123 days ago
No, SHOULD is defined in the RFC, not by colloquial usage. Google is on the wrong, regardless of their "safety" intent.

After all, linguistics is full with examples of words that are spelled the same, but have different meaning in different cultures. I'm glad the RFC spelled it out it for everyone.
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ragall 123 days ago
The RFC says a SHOULD is to be treated like a MUST, but well-justified exceptions are allowed.
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Dylan16807 123 days ago
RFC speak requires you to think for a while about skipping a SHOULD. It doesn't require strong justification.
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pamcake 123 days ago
When producing a message, it SHOULD have the id. With or withot it is compliant.

On the other end, we may receive messages with or without. Both are valid. We MUST therefore accept both variations.

The second one is a consequence of the former. So yes Google is the violating party.

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HDThoreaun 123 days ago
No it doesnt lmao. It's quoted all over this thread and clearly is not in any way like a MUST
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shadowgovt 123 days ago
if Google's choices are protecting users, they can't be in the wrong. That's the reality of a shared communications infrastructure regardless of what the docs say.

When the docs disagree with the reality of threat-actor behavior, reality has to win because reality can't be fooled.

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