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You'll need to install and subscribe to the service via one of the mobile apps before you can set up the desktop apps. Telegram offers encrypted chats with self-destructing messages.

The service works across multiple devices and platforms, including in a web browser should you not want to install an app on your computer. End-to-end encryption is an optional feature, called Secret Chats, that you have to enable for each conversation. The service requires a phone number to sign up but does not share your number with contacts -- a handy feature for those trying to vet out potential Tinder matches.

Signal is a cross-platform messaging app that has made a name for itself thanks to its end-to-end encryption and has been endorsed by the likes of Edward Snowden for its security.

Android users, please put down your pitchforks. The truth is, Apple's iMessage platform is really well done and seamless to use And that's the rub.

In order to get the most out of iMessage, not only do you need an Apple device, but the people you talk to need to use Apple devices iOS or Mac. If you trust Apple more than a third-party app developer, then iMessage is your answer. A decade after its heyday, and after years of trying to lure people back into the once hugely popular messaging service, the company has conceded defeat and will shut it off.

The company had attempted to save the service by making it available to people using other phones, like iPhone and Android, rather than only on BlackBerry. But as with other attempts to bring back the BlackBerry brand, it largely failed. That failure brought an end to the service that was many people's first experience with the chat apps that have come to dominate the phone market.

BBM for a brief period occupied a central part in the culture, and its hidden and easy conversations were blamed for events including the London riots of The shutdown was announced last month, in a blog post. This article is more than 2 years old. Consumer version of BBM will cease but app aimed at businesses will continue. Read more. Topics BlackBerry Digital media news.