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by ProAm 3397 days ago
> 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.