[cornholio]

"Akin to putting your seatbelt knowing full well a thermonuclear attack is always possible."

Yes, catastrophic compromise is possible, but that does not render all security measures moot. A precious few attackers have the capability for such attacks, they are very costly to develop and therefore very precious and well kept secrets, to be used on high profile targets.

Unless you are a spy, a terrorist, a state official with significant power or a dissident against the likes of Russia or China, end-to-end encryption like Signal will keep your communication private.

[ProAm]

> Unless you are a spy, a terrorist, a state official with significant power or a dissident against the likes of Russia or China, end-to-end encryption like Signal will keep your communication private.

Maybe, if one person can do it so can others. It would be foolish to assume you are safe just because the US government doesn't deem you a person of interest. It might be far fetched, but now that the world knows it's possible to bypass encryption you cannot ignore the fact that Signal may not work at all.