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Add to SafariWhen comparing Silent Text vs BBM Blackberry Messenger, the Slant community recommends Silent Text for most people. In the question“What are the best encrypted messaging apps for Android?” Silent Text is ranked 10th while BBM Blackberry Messenger is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Silent Text is:
Files can be attached to messages that will also be encrypted.
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Encrypted message attachments
Files can be attached to messages that will also be encrypted.
Pro Passed EFF's security review
To pass EFF's security review Silent Text 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.
Pro Messages can be set to self-destruct
Messages on both senders and receivers phones can be set to delete after a set period of time.
Pro Encrypted locationsharing
It's possible to geotag messages to share location.
Pro Feature rich
Video, voice, chat, file sharing, screen sharing and glympse enabled,
Pro Privacy oriented
End to end encryption.
Cons
Con Expensive
While the app itself is free, to use it a subscription is required with prices starting at $9.95/mo.
Con Video is Blackberry only
BBM video is only available on BBOS 10 or the Blackberry Playbook.
