[bigstrat2003]

> If everyone has secure chat, then won't that benefit criminal organizations?

Probably. But criminal organizations also benefit from having electricity, or cars, or a million other things that we all would be much worse off if we didn't have them. Just because something benefits criminal organizations as a side effect is not really a reason to not do it for the benefit of ordinary citizens.

[nxor]

My point wasn't that we should or shouldn't have it. I just get the impression that the same people calling for privacy will be highly outraged the next time, for example, an Austin Wolf (gay porn 'star' who used Telegram to share thousands of files showing abuse of children) situation arises, or it's inevitably revealed that religious sect xyz coordinated over it. Europeans trash talk Telegram (and that is fine), but somehow Matrix is different? How?

[bigstrat2003]

Oh I don't think it's different at all in that respect. I think that many people are very ignorant about the inherent double-edged sword that is freedom, and think that it's possible to deny it to only bad people. On top of that, many people don't particularly value private communications, considering it to be a theoretical issue that doesn't affect them. So yeah there will certainly be outrage in cases like you mentioned.

[heinrich5991]

Telegram isn't end-to-end encrypted btw, so when law enforcement asks for data, Telegram actually has it.

[nxor]

Oh, I did know that. Other than that, I don't know much more