Encryption keeps getting marketed as a feature, as if a product could meaningfully ship without it. This framing benefits the seller and harms the user. Unencrypted communication is not a baseline; it is a regression.
Treat encryption as ambient, like indoor plumbing. The conversation worth having is not whether to encrypt but what the threat model is, who holds the keys, and what happens when the keys are lost or compelled.
Anything less is theatre, and theatre is what gets people hurt when the threat model finally walks in the door.
