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by dewey 4078 days ago
Why are you not using Signal / Textsecure or any other of these new apps which have privacy in mind. IIRC they even said Hemlis won't be open source according to their FAQ so I don't think these 3 guys would've pulled this off any better than Telegram even with their dubious encryption.
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Amir98 4078 days ago
I can use these apps but in order to be able to recommend it to my friends as an app that can replace Whatsapp or Viber, it should have a comparable UI/UX. I too was concerned about their source availability approach. What will you suggest that meets these criteria?
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dewey 4078 days ago
I'd suggest WhisperSystem's Signal [0], it's currently available on iOS and Android [1] and open source [2].

[0] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/02/signal-iphones...

[1] https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal/

[2] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS

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flurp 4078 days ago
Seems they changed their mind about open source, according to the comments section[1] "We’ll release the usable parts of the code as free software with the most free license we can. It belongs to the community (and the community paid for it)."

[1] http://blog.brokep.com/2015/04/22/update-on-heml-is/#comment...

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