What instant messaging apps do you reccomend? I hear SureSpot is compromised, ChatSecure uses jabber(xmpp) + otr which I believe is the go-to program at the moment.
I have heard of a blackberry app called 'xshield' but I have not been able to find any information about it.
Chat secure doesn't use pgp tho I don't think, does it have some kind of key exchange to make sure you are talking to the person you are intending to talk to?
Do you have any source to backup the claim that Surespot is compromised. Surespot is open source so it seems safer to me than Wickr which is closed source.
On the computer use Pidgin with the off the record plugin and login through an XMPP account created through a site called wtfismyipxmpp(well google that cause that's not actually the site name.