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Wire (http://wire.com) has worked well on iOS for encrypted text/files/audio/video. Open-source client, no contact sharing neeeded. No phone number needed, you can register with email by using a desktop browser at http://app.wire.com, then logging into the mobile app. Group chat for text only. Timed/ephemeral messages for 1:1 text/files. Feature matrix, https://wire.com/privacy/. Could use more documentation (e.g. on retention of encrypted data) but a lot of questions are answered on Twitter or Github issues.



> Don't know whether it needs GCM on Android.

The .apk on the site uses websocket, no GCM required.


Timed coming to groups in couple of weeks.

Documentation is also getting a refresh in 2 weeks.




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