TextSecure

I've been using the unofficial fork[0] that uses Websockets instead of google stuff. Been working awesome for me. There's even an fdroid repository[1] you can add to track libreSignal apks. ---- [0] https://github.com/JavaJens/TextSecure [1] https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/

I didn't see a link of this somewhere, so I'll just drop it: https://github.com/JavaJens/TextSecure This is a fork of TextSecure/Signal which drops the dependency on GCM and uses WebSockets instead (it seems quite up-to-date with origin as well). For anyone wanting a pre-build copy, there is a non-official F-Droid repository hosting both the "main" Signal and the WebSocket fork here: https://fdroid.eutopia.cz/

I'm using Cyanogenmod and I wanted to try TextSecure. There is a version for SMS pre-installed, but I'm not a fan of paying money for 128 bytes of data. I don't have any Google Services installed. So I tried finding it on F-Droid, but it wasn't there. I found out there has been a lot of discussion about this. [0][1] I decided to compile it on my own. That requires to use use Google Libraries, oh well. I managed to get that done and was disappointed when I tried to use it. It also requires to have Google Services installed on your phone for push notifications. I don't have that. I tried finding a solution, and other people complained about this and there was the idea to use websockets instead of google push notifications [3]. Someone forked TextSecure and started working on it [4]. Unfortunately that fork isn't stable yet, and it doesn't c

Just yesterday I was trying to get a bot working on the TextSecure platform. A vastly disappointing experience: almost not existing libraries, sparse and incomplete documentation, unstable protocol breaking without any kind of notice (https://github.com/JavaJens/TextSecure/issues/6, for example). And still no way to register without a phone, which would be amazing for this kind of project: https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/1085 I think Telegram is succeeding in what TextSecure is failing: attracting a widespread community of developers. This is only a confirmation, in my opinion. EDIT: and, by the way, while Telegram security is no good, I wonder why we cannot have both (security & developer-friendliness)