Bingo. Way too much centralization of communications in exchange for mild convenience. And of course, it will be dismissed with a "you're just paranoid" pat on

Bingo. Way too much centralization of communications in exchange for mild convenience. And of course, it will be dismissed with a "you're just paranoid" pat on the back until, inevitably, and predictably, they weaponize it (with the back-patters being nowhere to be found).