Signal for Android: RedPhone and TextSecure in one app
One of the reasons I didn't install WhatsApp is the sheer quantity of permissions it wants (on Android).<p>Yes, I realise that this is part of Android's broken security model.<p>But the Signal app also wants access to practically everything. Device & App History, Identity, Calendar, Contact, Location, SMS, Phone, Photos/Media/Files, Camera, Microphone, WiFi Connection info and Device ID and call info.<p>Call me paranoid, but making an app with all those permissions seems kind of the obvious place for backdoors and similar.<p>If there was a 'light' version of the app which only required access the internet, then I'd be much more likely to install and use it.  (And maybe if I ended up trusting it, then later install add-ons / the full version later).