Sure, I get that. But on Facebook - the status quo - ALL of the dissidents are reading unencrypted messages. So how is email worse off? Maybe it's not that much

Sure, I get that. But on Facebook - the status quo - ALL of the dissidents are reading unencrypted messages. So how is email worse off? Maybe it's not that much better, but I find it hard to believe it's actually LESS safe than Facebook.