I don’t know if this level of cynicism is helpful. If taken to its logical conclusion, one would just give up on electronic communication. That comes with some

I don’t know if this level of cynicism is helpful. If taken to its logical conclusion, one would just give up on electronic communication. That comes with some costs, either economically, or in being exposed to other safety risks associated with offline communication, or being less effective in whatever one wants to achieve with that communication. Or, people will conclude that everything is compromised anyway, and therefore not take the reasonable steps because “why bother?” I also don’t think the idea that all hardware is compromised should just be accepted as fact. There is more that speaks against that thesis than in its favor, including the high market value of iOS exploits and the length Apple and the FBI went to in their fight over that shooter’s iPhone. Apple especially has taken some steps that seem to deserve some credit. After all, if we refuse to see the differences in their approach to others’, they (and everyone else) will just learn from it not to even try making privacy part of the value proposition.