The way the Signal PIN feature implementation has been handled by the Signal team is extremely disappointing. The blog post completely fails to explain why thi

The way the Signal PIN feature implementation has been handled by the Signal team is extremely disappointing. The blog post completely fails to explain why this feature is mandatory, and why users are now locked out of being able to view their messages until they setup a PIN. The Signal app has now essentially taken all messages hostage, and users are unable to access messages until they create a PIN. I am a huge proponent of Signal, but this is unacceptable behavior.