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Just switched to #SMSsecure which is new in f-droid. It a fork of #TextSecure that looses the GCM crap and focuses just on SMS. Just what I need for my Google free phone. Yeah freedom!

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It still uses SMS, though right? Why not just use XMPP? I read someone's signature somewhere who made that suggestion, and I think it has merit.

Kevin Ford at 2015-04-03T14:04:34Z

Kevin, I think the issue is that there are already several other options for secure data-channel messaging (like ChatSecure), but no others that handle SMS transport. Sometimes SMS is all you have access to.

Nathan Willis at 2015-04-03T14:08:52Z

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Thanks for explaining, Nathan. Now I see.

Kevin Ford at 2015-04-03T14:37:24Z

@Kevin: SMS aside, over data networks TextSecure and XMPP/OTR work very differently; TextSecure uses Axolotl ratchet, which is an evolution of OTR for async messaging.

You can't tell people to use horses when they've moved onto cars.

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