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Abbreviated IM, a type of communications service that enables you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet, analagous to a telephone conversation but using text-based, not voice-based, communication.

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Is Android messaging like iMessages?

No. On all Android phones I'm aware of, the "Messaging" or SMS app is just an SMS app. It doesn't try to sucker you into using a proprietary chat service by pretending it's giving you free texts. The …
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Client-side encryption of messages across apps

No. Apps on Android can't interfere with each other's operations to the extent you describe. I can think of two options that come close to what you describe: Use a standard PGP app and copy-and-past …
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Is imessageonandroid.com really an iMessages app for Android or is it Scam?

The website is fraudulent. If you try to download the app, it gets you to "answer product surveys" (that is, it's a cost-per-action scam), and then installs software on your PC. If there even is an An …
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