It seems like the shortcomings of widespread secure private texting have finally disappeared. I checked a year ago and it was too messy.
End to end encryption and free.
I hope more of us start using this, it's nearly effortless and goes a long way to prevent snooping.
android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ecuresms&hl=en
iphone
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sign...874139669?mt=8
desktop
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...pdbppfkghcmihk
the technology
https://whispersystems.org/