[dschuessler]

> If the chats with my friends were disclosed, I'd probably be made a laughing stock at most but it's no big deal.

That’s a privilege many people don’t have. Think about sexual preferences, controversial opinions or health problems that can be disadvantageous in their career or when obtaining insurance. Or that aren’t problematic now but might be in the political climate in 20 years.

You could argue that people worrying about this still have the choice to use an E2E encrypted messenger. After all different needs are served by different products. But if this behavior becomes the norm, people who hide possibly disadvantageous information can be identified simply by their messenger use, partially defying the purpose of hiding their information in the first place.

I consider this a very strong argument for privacy as the default regardless of particular people's lack of a need for privacy.

EDIT: Removed remarks that could be misunderstood as snark.