>And if I were you, I'd be wondering why people are using an essentially Chinese communications tool. //
Why not? As I'm in the UK I assume that either I use a USA based product and have my data open to USA government sponsored TLAs, or use proprietary products from other countries and have their secret agencies have some sort of access.
With Five-Eyes, or Maximator, mainstream development in one of the countries involved suggests there's going to be intelligence agency access.
For private citizens access by CCP is probably (unless you have links to China) far lower risk than using software connected to Western nations.
I don't have need of secret communications really; Jitsi (meet.jit.si serves my needs when I get to choose the video chat software; family and friends seem happy with it).
Why not? As I'm in the UK I assume that either I use a USA based product and have my data open to USA government sponsored TLAs, or use proprietary products from other countries and have their secret agencies have some sort of access.
With Five-Eyes, or Maximator, mainstream development in one of the countries involved suggests there's going to be intelligence agency access.
For private citizens access by CCP is probably (unless you have links to China) far lower risk than using software connected to Western nations.
I don't have need of secret communications really; Jitsi (meet.jit.si serves my needs when I get to choose the video chat software; family and friends seem happy with it).