> Maybe Signal is awesome. But privacy from law enforcement is not a killer feature. The US Government has substantial leverage over me in other ways.
What about the UK government? The GCHQ is one of the most aggressive and sophisticated signals intelligence agencies in the world.
What about the RU government? Or the Chinese government?
The reason most security folks speak of "nation state actors" in aggregate isn't to be euphemistic (initials: NSA), it's because "the only threat you might encounter online is your local government" isn't necessarily true.
To be clear, I don't want to turn this into a political discussion. I just wanted to point out that the scope is wider than your comment implied.