"Moxie" just seemed so hilariously stereotypical in the first place I could not help but think it was all BS. The name, his style, his online blogs.....maybe he just wants to craft a certain type of image but it seemed a little too perfectly matched to the type of person who would create a free, easy to use and super secure messenger.

Personally I really liked Wickr Messenger (no phone number required) but they were recently acquired by AWS :-(

edit: Also looking up Wickr now it seems like they ended up specializing in providing secure messaging FOR the government (and even are the only ones to pass some NSA specific test) so maybe that was not the best choice.....