re: #152 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’m going to have to find another program to move the family network onto. Argh.
(I use Trillian to connect to AIM, but that’s how I talk with my mom/sisters a fair bit.)
I’d recommend WhatsApp, which uses your cellphone number as an identifier. Kik is also popular, but I’ve never used it. WhatsApp encrypts messages at both ends, so theoretically no one can intercept your texts and read them.