When comparing BBM Blackberry Messenger vs TextSecure, the Slant community recommends TextSecure for most people. In the question“What are the best encrypted messaging apps for Android?” TextSecure is ranked 5th while BBM Blackberry Messenger is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose TextSecure is:
Uses Curve25519, AES-256, and HMAC-SHA256. The security of these algorithms has been tested over many years of use in hundreds of different applications. Messages sent via TextSecure are end-to-end encrypted, which means that they can only be read by your intended recipients. We make it easy for you to verify that you are communicating with the right people and that no MITM attack has occurred. The keys that are used to encrypt your messages are stored on your device alone, and they are protected by an additional layer of encryption if you have a passphrase enabled.
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Pros
Pro Feature rich
Video, voice, chat, file sharing, screen sharing and glympse enabled,
Pro Privacy oriented
End to end encryption.
Pro Strong encryption
Uses Curve25519, AES-256, and HMAC-SHA256. The security of these algorithms has been tested over many years of use in hundreds of different applications. Messages sent via TextSecure are end-to-end encrypted, which means that they can only be read by your intended recipients. We make it easy for you to verify that you are communicating with the right people and that no MITM attack has occurred. The keys that are used to encrypt your messages are stored on your device alone, and they are protected by an additional layer of encryption if you have a passphrase enabled.
Pro Free and open source
TextSecure is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. TextSecure is the only private messenger that uses open source peer-reviewed cryptographic protocols to keep your messages safe.
Pro Passed EFF's security review
To pass EFF's security review TextSecure had to encrypt data in transit, the encryption had to be end-to-end, the app needed to provide forward secrecy, app's source code has to be open to independent review, users have to be able to verify contact's identities even with the service provider compromised, app's cryptographic design has to be well documented and app's source code has to have been audited in the last 12 months.
Cons
Con Video is Blackberry only
BBM video is only available on BBOS 10 or the Blackberry Playbook.
Con No data messaging
TextSecure can send SMS and MMS messages only. It can't send data messages.
Con Not available on tablets
TextSecure is currently not compatible with tablets. Support for tablets is promised in the future.
