You can't. Every engineering choice is a compromise. I don't know why everyone assumes that these choices are always malevolent. I guess you can just not use it

You can't. Every engineering choice is a compromise. I don't know why everyone assumes that these choices are always malevolent. I guess you can just not use it? Lots of us use it everyday without issues. If you want something that suits all your needs there are PLENTY of libraries out there for you to throw together your own adhoc distributed encrypted messenger. I have done it a couple of times myself just for fun.