> it was bootstraped by the Israel based company that runs US telephone surveillance That argument, again. It's been some 7 years since Amdocs withdrew all fu

> it was bootstraped by the Israel based company that runs US telephone surveillance That argument, again. It's been some 7 years since Amdocs withdrew all funding, forcing the devs to create their own independent thing. Since then, as far as I'm aware, the protocol has been developed in the open, with lots of external contributors. There's plenty of implementations, both client and server. How are its roots relevant? Are you going to say the internet is dubious because it was initially researched on by the US military? Anyway, your other points are relevant, though it would be nice to have some more details.