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by 839083 3366 days ago
It seems like "security through obscurity" could only successfully combine with encryption if a critical mass of the population got onboard very quickly. But security-conscious users are just such a minority, even programmers have bad security habits.

Anecdotally, almost everyone I know is using Gmail or Yahoo for email, and has never heard of ProtonMail or Signal. They'd probably mark an email from @protonmail.com as spam...