Re: [Trisquel-users] Signal Crypo Ap Coming To Desktop

[jbh . tech]

Signal is nice because it has the potential to be used by folks who are less  
tech-oriented and less aware of the need for data privacy, thereby increasing  
the likelihood that messages between random folks (neighbors, friends of  
friends, etc...) will be encrypted. It attempts to cover the use case where  
communication with someone is necessary, but hashing out the details of how  
to encrypt that communication is cumbersome or otherwise not possible.

As far as encrypted SMS, I've had good experiences with SMSSecure:
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.smssecure.smssecure