![]() Modern phone manufacturers have been aware of the security limitations of SMS. If Facebook gets hacked or receives a warrant, don't expect them to be too respectful of your privacy. You need to trust that their code works correctly. You must believe that a rogue employee won't read your messages. The problem with these apps it that they require you to trust the company offering the service. You exchange one master for another master. However, your texts will still be stored in some tech company's server. Random people will not be able to read your messages. As a result, you have the benefit of encryption through TLS. Instead of your messages traveling through cell towers, it goes through TCP/IP. It's a step up from SMS, but not by much. Thus, we put them all in the same bucket. These apps may have different features, but they're identical from a security perspective.
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