Security is only as good as its weakest link. Case in point, all of my messages in Signal are locked behind a password phrase, which I have to re-enter every t

Security is only as good as its weakest link. Case in point, all of my messages in Signal are locked behind a password phrase, which I have to re-enter every time the phone restarts or the app gets updated. I figured it was iron-clad. Until I discovered that the whole password-protected message vault is entirely optional (must've been one of those things I toggled years ago and never looked back). My girlfriend, of course, uses Signal but does not have that turned on, so if they really wanted a record of our communications, all they'd have to do is subpoena her phone instead of mine.