Don't "trust us" is not the same thing as you don't have trust anyone. Before this, you had to trust Open Whisper Systems was not coerced and that Intel had no

Don't "trust us" is not the same thing as you don't have trust anyone. Before this, you had to trust Open Whisper Systems was not coerced and that Intel had not been coerced into backdooring their hardware. Now, you need only trust that Intel hasn't backdoored their hardware. Its not perfect, but its better. Especially since its entirely plausible, from a legal perspective, that Open Whisper Systems might be compelled to record any contact data they get. It is comparatively less plausible that a court might compel Intel to backdoor their code in order to enable an order against Open Whisper Systems. And that is what would have to happen here.