For me the most important feature of chat is encryption. I have used: * For texting, Silence formerly SMSSecure formerly TextSecure -- but everyone is using Signal these days (because it is highly promoted?), so I'm gonna probably move on to that once I get the chance to sit down and work on bypassing the need for Google Apps. I guess Signal is not totally free software, which is annoying, but its free components can be used.
* For IRC, irssi and XChat, both have plugins to force SSL and plugins to do OTR (Off the Record) or PGP encryption * For traditional IMs, Pidgin with OTR is my go-to app. I've tried Tox but had connection problems. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
