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I'd pay good money for an iOS version. I'm limping along with Threema now (which, functionally, is really great!).

I'd pay even more good money for hosting to not be in Google's data centers.

An iOS version is in progress and should be released in the next few months [1].

The TextSecure servers are not hosted in Google's data centers. Google's GCM push messaging framework is used to deliver messages to Android users, but the GCM payloads are fully encrypted.

[1] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure-iOS

I know it's in progress. I'm anxiously waiting. If you tell me where I can send $ or BTC to help it go faster, I'll gladly oblige.

See [1] for donating BTC and [2] for donating other currencies through the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

[1] https://whispersystems.org/blog/bithub/

[2] https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/

I'd actually like a Chrome browser extension version, too (yes, I recognize the vulnerabilities vs. a true native client, but signed browser extensions mitigate a lot of those)

This is already in progress [1].

[1] https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/textsecure-chrome

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