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gnokii

"gnokii" is the name of a project that aims to develop tools and drivers for the mobile...

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Matrix.org

Matrix is an open standard for decentralized persistent communication over IP.
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I have a second SIM card that T-Mobile gave me for free (no idea why). I have it installed in an Android phone running Tasker with a bunch of jobs I created to do various things. Android phone stays at home while my primary (flip phone) comes with me. I get specific Matrix (https://matrix.org) messages forwarded to my flip phone, I can query the weather, I have a couple RSS feeds forwarding, and I can enable/disable any of these tasker profiles by sending custom commands from the flip phone back to the android. Obviously this requires having a second SIM card, but you could probably find a super cheap talk/text (or text-only?) prepaid plan temporarily and set up something similar. Tasker is extremely powerful and could conceivably do most if not all of what you're asking.

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Silence.im

Protect your communication in transit and on your phone.
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The functionality was originally in Signal, but at some point that project decided to remove it. So "Silence" is the fork of Signal that was made specifically to retain that feature. As a result, it uses the Signal encryption protocol. (but it can't federate with Signal) https://silence.im.

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