if you want to see what these powerful people use to protect their coms check the FIPS and NIST standards documents. the public has access to the ~same crypto a

if you want to see what these powerful people use to protect their coms check the FIPS and NIST standards documents. the public has access to the ~same crypto algorithms that government agencies use. outside of NSA and a handful of other organizations who have the technical ability to safely DIY, its the only reasonable way to pick crypto tech. crypto is widely used and easy to get access to. at this point, there is very little that can be done to put this genie back in the bottle. there are open chat networks that can provide e2ee with forward secrecy even if some compromised devices are present (XMPP/OMEMO). many clients support routing your chats over tor so nobody can tell which server you are using. not only can you go completely dark with off-the-shelf android apps and a non-google ROM, you can do it for free.