Whether it’s SimpleX, Signal, or even Protonmail, why do so many tech normies seem so averse to anything “encrypted.”

If you have a choice between encrypted and non-encrypted communications, why lean toward favoring non-encrypted? Makes no sense.

A video channel I like watching, called “Predator Poachers,” features Alex Rosen catching online predators who try to lure people who are too young for them to be talking to. I’ve noticed that many of the bad guys he catches use apps like Telegram, Signal, Viber, Session, etc., to conduct their evil activities and trade evil images. (I’ve never heard SimpleX mentioned, but I keep listening for it! It’s pretty much my favorite messenger.)

But when I use SimpleX or Signal or XMPP, it’s not that I’m doing evil – it’s that I’m talking to my wife about plans, or sharing passwords, or griping about something at work, or talking to my brother about politics or religion, or sending pics of vacation or food or a special beer to a friend. Just normal stuff meant only for the eyes of my intended recipient. Nothing nefarious.

I wonder if “privacy” just has a bad name simply because bad guys prefer to hide their evil.

But good guys also value privacy, because even wholesome or neutral communications are not always anyone else’s business.

It’s hard to talk someone into using a private messaging app when they resort to “Why can’t you just text me?” or “I have nothing to hide” or “I’m too boring for others to spy on my texts or emails.”

I guess normies just gonna normie.