No, I don't have a beef with Signal. I have no familiarity with the product. I am a woman and violence is often directed at women merely because they are women, regardless of what part of the world a woman lives in. I am also someone whose father spent 26.5 years in the Army and he fought in two wars and my ex husband was career military and ...etc. My parents also helped relatives of my mother's escape East Germany during the Cold War.

While you may hope that they know how to evaluate the trade-offs or have someone around that can explain it, many people live life under very risky circumstances and an uninformed choice can be the last choice they make.

No, I am not painting this a bit too black and white. Alive or dead is a pretty black or white thing and many people live lives where death dogs their steps. This is not an appeal to emotion or hyperbole. This is a fact.

If it isn't that big of a deal for you, cool. Glad to hear your life is fairly comfortable. But I do think it matters that informed, knowledgeable people discussing it on a forum with a strong reputation for being a good source of technical information (as well as other kinds of information) is a place where someone needs to make it very clear what the potential consequences are for people who live in dangerous circumstances and don't have the technical background or connections needed to figure this out.