Best WhatsApp Alternatives NOT Owned by Facebook

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WhatsApp, the wildly popular mobile message service, was just bought by Facebook for a cool $16 billion. It's got 450 million active users across the globe and delivers more messages per day alone than traditional SMS, according to some estimates. But for cheap messaging, you've also got tons of options if you're not down with Facebook's prying eyes.

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There are also plenty of alternatives to WhatsApp for cheap, easy and international calls and messaging with your friends:

Line, http://line.me/en/wconscious

Telegram, for the privacy-conscious:
https://telegram.org/apps

$200,000 bounty for anyone who can crack Telegram:

https://core.telegram.org/mtproto
https://core.telegram.org/contestfaq

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