Re:Please Stop Writing Secure Messaging Tools
by dTal on Monday November 23, 2015 @10:20AM
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There isn't one with traction.
SMSSecure is a fork of Textsecure (Signal before it changed names) that drops all internet features and focuses on SMS only. So there's no Google dependency at all, and you get all of Moxie's crypto chops with none of his wacky views (it's on GPlay and F-Droid, with no fuss). I use it as my main SMS app, and so do a few of my (non-technical) friends and family. It really does just work.
The only downside is that nobody knows it exists. So it's hard to get people to use it, and it doesn't get the eyeballs it deserves.
SMSSecure is a fork of Textsecure (Signal before it changed names) that drops all internet features and focuses on SMS only. So there's no Google dependency at all, and you get all of Moxie's crypto chops with none of his wacky views (it's on GPlay and F-Droid, with no fuss). I use it as my main SMS app, and so do a few of my (non-technical) friends and family. It really does just work.
The only downside is that nobody knows it exists. So it's hard to get people to use it, and it doesn't get the eyeballs it deserves.