Sending Text Messages- problems..........any help appreciated.

[mjr]

encouraging more people towards competitor Telegram, which boasts unbreakable encryption and generally makes a major point of assuring the privacy of both you & your communications.

And yet, their major point doesn't seem to be supported by their actions: it's still a single proprietary provider (although the clients are free/libre and open source, you're still trusting their servers aren't doing something evil - how much do you trust a hard-to-track-down company set up by Russian brothers?) and using an unproven self-invented encryption method.

 

[Tanis8472]

And yet, their major point doesn't seem to be supported by their actions: it's still a single proprietary provider (although the clients are free/libre and open source, you're still trusting their servers aren't doing something evil - how much do you trust a hard-to-track-down company set up by Russian brothers?) and using an unproven self-invented encryption method.

Ive been reading about the developer etc and it would seem he is in favour of free speech etc etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/t...rogrammer-pavel-durov-chooses-exile.html?_r=1
https://telegram.org/press

Also found another one which seems to be private as it were
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations&referrer=utm_source=website

 

[mjr]

Ive been reading about the developer etc and it would seem he is in favour of free speech etc etc.

Well, that's what a government agent would say, isn't it?

 

[swee'pea99]

Well, that's what a government agent would say, isn't it?

Could be a clever double-bluff, but I'm dubious...