Snail mail actually has a lot of legal protections around it, at least in the US, up until they start looking at you specifically.
Which is really the ultimate point. If a state actor wants to see your comms, they will. The opsec required to stay completely anonymous while still using any kind of communication that's not word-of-mouth is not possible from a resources or, more importantly, a discipline standpoint for the vast majority of people.
You've only got to screw up once - using the same wifi cafe twice, forgetting to leave your cell phone home once, buying a burner phone from the same place twice, through luck of the draw you under up at a compromised Tor exit node, and the list goes on...they get a fresh and better chance every time you do something, while you have to perfect 100% of the time.
Whatsapp/etc are just placebos to make you feel better that your cell provider (probably) can't see your message during transit. I'd bet $20 that the feds can walk into Facebook with a warrant and get anything a person has sent over Whatsapp, fully decrypted, in a few minutes.
What would you prefer we use?
If you think any digital comms are "safe", you're doing it wrong.
Fair enough. How about snail mail? Kinda old school but maybe under the radar?
Snail mail actually has a lot of legal protections around it, at least in the US, up until they start looking at you specifically.
Which is really the ultimate point. If a state actor wants to see your comms, they will. The opsec required to stay completely anonymous while still using any kind of communication that's not word-of-mouth is not possible from a resources or, more importantly, a discipline standpoint for the vast majority of people.
You've only got to screw up once - using the same wifi cafe twice, forgetting to leave your cell phone home once, buying a burner phone from the same place twice, through luck of the draw you under up at a compromised Tor exit node, and the list goes on...they get a fresh and better chance every time you do something, while you have to perfect 100% of the time.
Whatsapp/etc are just placebos to make you feel better that your cell provider (probably) can't see your message during transit. I'd bet $20 that the feds can walk into Facebook with a warrant and get anything a person has sent over Whatsapp, fully decrypted, in a few minutes.