That’s self evident. The encryption is between the ends. Allowing unencrypted intercontinental links is a total non-sequitur. You know where the ends are. A

That’s self evident. The encryption is between the ends. Allowing unencrypted intercontinental links is a total non-sequitur. You know where the ends are. As I said, you always have something between you and the ‘end’, and you always have to trust someone. Whether something is E2E or not is completely independent from whether you trust your software.