[clug] TextSecure, GPLv3 encrypted chat for Android

[jhock at iinet.net.au]

SMSSecure is great. I just loaded it onto my smartphone and sent an SMS immediately. There was no need to register, another bug near that I had with TextSecure. 

Thanks Da Ro.

John. 

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> I have not used the push message feature recently because of issues
> with the google plus integration of it, but previously found it very
> useful and stable.
> 
> The reason Textsecure dropped sms support is that it they think of it
> as outdated technology, and I am inclined to agree.
> 
> But as it is fully free software, you have not been had by them at all,
> as you have a fork available that continues to support encrypted sms:
> https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.smssecure.smssecure
> 
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:08:26 +1000
> Jeff NotTelling <smee.heee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > G'Day Chris,
> > 
> > Thanks  for the heads up. Yes, as I've been away and on mobile data
> > only I hadn't applied the latest "update" and was still enjoying
> > secure SMS.
> > 
> > It is a pity, as I've been running TextSecure since it was mentioned
> > in a talk at LCA2012, and loving it.  Unfortunately for my usage
> > pattern, it now makes no sense to keep it, as I only used the SMS
> > feature (and am on unlimited SMS so data is more precious than SMS's
> > to me).  I did try the "new" messaging service a while back, but
> > stopped using it as only about 10% of messages came through, and of
> > that 10% most were delayed by 10-20 minutes.  So again, for my
> > purposes, completely useless.
> > 
> > Have/do you use the non-SMS feature?  Has it got better?  I see from
> > the Play Store comments that it appears to still be as bad, but am
> > interested in your (and any other CLUGers) experience with it.
> > 
> > I do feel completely had by the developers though, a pretty
> > fundamental change to the features, they could have made the removal
> > of this core feature a bit more obvious.  Oh well, now off to tell
> > all the people I had converted to using it, to just go back to the
> > default SMS app. Will continue looking for a secure replacement, and
> > from my skimming messages here it appears as though there may have
> > been a few candidates mentioned already.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Jeff,
> > 
> > On 20 April 2015 at 22:45, Chris Smart <clug at christophersmart.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > On 20/04/15 11:26, Jeff NotTelling wrote:
> > > > Can you confirm where it says that SMS encryption has been
> > > > removed?  I
> > > use
> > > > this, and as far as I can see it still provides encrypted SMS
> > > > "where possible"  -> as in where the other party uses the
> > > > TextSecure as well, otherwise it obviously downgrades to clear
> > > > text.
> > > >
> > > > I did follow the links, but couldn't see where they state this
> > > > has been removed.  I could have easily missed it, so just
> > > > checking.
> > >
> > > Hey Jeff,
> > >
> > > My links were out of order because I added a link at the top at the
> > > last minute, sorry about that.
> > >
> > > It was number [3] (that should have been [4]):
> > > https://whispersystems.org/blog/goodbye-encrypted-sms/
> > >
> > > Some older clients might still have that function, although the
> > > latest version certainly doesn't. I'm running version 2.11.1.
> > >
> > > -c
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> > >
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