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The key going forward is to use chinese messaging services that are not beholden to US law enforcement.

... so they can blackmail some folks to make them turn over corporate secrets, facilitate money laundering, or otherwise act as spies.

Maybe still safer than a US company having the data, but not great.

Ah yes, because giving the same information to the Chinese government who don't even need a warrant to access the data is better.

The 国家安全部 isn't going to be harassing a 17 year old for a miscarriage; they neither care nor have the capability to inflict any pain on you.

If that 17 year old becomes a 30 year old with access to something sensitive the adversary wants, then the adversary might harass/blackmail that 30 year old with what they did when they were 17 years old.

Let's hope the Supreme Court will have come to its senses by then.

(Although I agree that the premise in a broader sense of trusting a Chinese company over an American one is flawed.)

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