I doubt that any part of law enforcement or worse parties will agree with you on the zero weight part.
The only way you can know if intelligence obtained is reliable is to actually test it. With systems like PGP you get proof. Did Alice send this message as Bob alleges? Yes, the message includes proof so he was telling us the truth.
With Signal all you have is Bob's word as I described.
Signal can't stop the Secret Police from torturing Bob, but they can ensure they don't have any way to know if he told them the truth. If the Secret Police were rational that's enough reason not to bother torturing Bob. But we can't make them rational, for some people just inflicting pain for no reason is their goal.