I'm looking into using @signalapp, and came across this horrible op-ed at NYT that basically used reverse-psychology to convince me to use Signal. The arguments are trashed in the NYT comments and elsewhere, some of my own thoughts are below.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/opinion/jack-dorseys-twitter-signal-privacy.html

1. Jack Dorsey has pledged $1M per year to Signal, which will help guarantee their stability. (they have other plans to expand their revenues also).
2. The op-ed asserts that privacy can be used for evil purposes. No shit. What he ignores is that invasions of privacy can also be used for evil purposes -- and historically have created much more harm that regular people having some privacy. The example he provides (seditious conspiracy among some Oath Keepers) undermines his own point. He claims that Signal facilitated this conspiracy -- and it did to a point, but the conspiracy soon fell apart. The likely reason it fell apart is because someone snitched. Our protection against evil conspiracies is not an authoritarian state that can monitor our every move, but our fellow citizens who will reveal the evil conspiracy once it extends to more than a few people.