[Replicant] Using signal/textsecure

Thu Nov 5 08:58:33 UTC 2015

El 5 de noviembre de 2015 08:40:53 GMT+00:00, Nick <replicant at njw.me.uk> escribió:
>Hi all,
>
>I was looking for a program that is very easy to use and enables 
>free messaging, which I can use to talk to my friends. WhatsApp was 
>recommended, but I would really rather not use proprietary software 
>to interact with a glorified XMPP server run by facebook. I found 
>out about Signal (previously called TextSecure), and it seems like 
>just what I want.
>
>However, at the moment it requires those horrid proprietary Google 
>libraries to run [0]. There is some work being done to fix this [1], 
>but it doesn't seem that the main developers are particularly 
>interested so progress is not fast.
>
>Overall, however, I think it seems like the least bad option, as the 
>main program is free software, so I can feel good about recommending 
>it to my friends, and it's easy enough to use that I won't have to 
>hand-hold any account creation or anything like that. Does anybody 
>else use Signal? Or have a better recommendation that doesn't 
>require the installation of proprietary Google libraries?
>
>I imagine installing those proprietary Google libraries on a 
>replicant device might be difficult, am I correct? Also Signal is 
>only officially distributed through the "play store", which I would 
>rather not use, any recommendations about getting an APK?
>
>Alternatively, there is an unofficial experimental fork that doesn't
>depend on the proprietary Google libraries [1], but I can't tell if 
>works fine day-to-day. Anybody have experience with it?
>
>Thanks for any advice. I am very new to the world of android.
>
>Nick
>
>0. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/127
>1. https://github.com/JavaJens/TextSecure
>
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I think this is what you are looking for. SMSSecure (Send encrypted text messages (SMS)) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.smssecure.smssecure (fork of text secure without google I think)

If not, just look for chat OR messaging OR  sms OR jabber OR xmpp on f-droid.

To create an xmpp account I found duckduck easy. 
https://duck.co/blog/post/2/using-pidgin-with-xmpp-jabber

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