This is why the U.S. Government's appeal to the tech/developer community cannot be yielded to. It isn't <i>just</i> the U.S. government at stake here. In fact, with e2e encryption, one can go a step further and have all communications over WebRTC channels (or similar p2p option), so that the servers only serve for negotiation...<p>Open the protocols, and negotiation layers so that it can be more secure... defer to third parties from the app (keybase.io for example) as a reference for public keys.<p>In the end, there will be ways for two people to have a conversation truly privately.