- a protocol based off the highly vetted and trusted Off-The-Record protocol
- perfect forward secrecy, a very important thing in cryptography as you can drastically reduce the number of possible attacks in certain scenarios
- real cryptographers doing implementation and review of the software
- a good open source implementation of this cryptography
Don't get me wrong, I have a few irks about TextSecure with regards to the way the open source project is managed (see: their conflicts with F-Droid and such), but I really have to question why anyone would use some piece of crap cranked out for publicity (such as this or Heml.is) when there are solid options available which clearly offer superior security.
- a protocol based off the highly vetted and trusted Off-The-Record protocol
- perfect forward secrecy, a very important thing in cryptography as you can drastically reduce the number of possible attacks in certain scenarios
- real cryptographers doing implementation and review of the software
- a good open source implementation of this cryptography
Don't get me wrong, I have a few irks about TextSecure with regards to the way the open source project is managed (see: their conflicts with F-Droid and such), but I really have to question why anyone would use some piece of crap cranked out for publicity (such as this or Heml.is) when there are solid options available which clearly offer superior security.