Signal or WIRE are the gold standards.
Facebook messenger records every word. Did a data request way back. More than a little creepy. Every word I ever typed was there. And yet that is what most people choose to use. Hauling your people over to a good text app, like Signal, takes a lot of effort and may not work at all in some cases.
Donated another 20 bucks just the other day.
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