Possibly good for meta (if they were forced to do this by law, this means they did not want to do this them selves, which by definition makes it "not good for M

Possibly good for meta (if they were forced to do this by law, this means they did not want to do this them selves, which by definition makes it "not good for Meta"). Certainly not good for their user base, as (as many pointed out) it's not safe if the clients are all closed source. This promotes a false sense of security, which is worse than an understood lack of security.