A semantic argument about the scope of a synecdoche doesn't address the substance of whether Signal should underestimate the intent and consequences of a clumsy

A semantic argument about the scope of a synecdoche doesn't address the substance of whether Signal should underestimate the intent and consequences of a clumsy looking subpoena. Partisan and other exceedingly bad actors in a system necessarily have even better special protections than good ones, because they're the ones a system has to defend to defend the legitimacy of itself. Ask any union or profession that behaves like one. Signal has antagonized prosecutors as a class, and it's reasonable to expect some outwardly irrational behaviour from some individuals. They've hit the hornets nest. Judging by how the the crypto wars played out the last few times, the "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse" will be trotted out again soon, and probably with the addition of a new predictable character trope. On a very macro level, tech humiliates intellectuals, politicians and other courtiers, or those who aspire to be them, and this motive is what makes forecasting a crackdown sparked by something like the Cellebrite pillorying seem reasonable.