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by nly 4581 days ago
> TextSecure oddly requires phone numbers

That's because it's an SMS app, not an IM app. It probably has the best crypto going though, and the user experience is nice (well, until you move to KitKat where every bloody app wants to eat your text messages and you end up with all your texts across more than one of them).
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TheLegace 4581 days ago
God yes, for some reason you can't disable apps like you could in Android 4.3. Overall kitkat has really been bugging me, I think I am just going to go back to 4.3 and stick with it until some other platform comes along.
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mahyarm 4580 days ago
That is why i'm suggesting it also becomes a more generic IM app, with all 4 platform support. It seems like they are working on that although.
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