Agreed, but there is the challenge of our time. In the end you can only do so much and you’ll stand out just for not being a normal facebook user, been trying to get everyone to move to something else, anything that isn’t a big player. I’ve watched the world go from BBS, all the way to twitter… It has been depressing to say the least.

This. In addition to metadata tracking you mention… Encrypted messages are great, until one party is compromised. Delete chat history, use a VPN, take more precautions than just using an encrypted messaging app. For most user’s purposes, this is fine, leagues better than SMS or social media conversations.

I use proton for a while now, its been great and well supported. The proton pass lets you use unique emails to register too. Its paid, for that anyway. I’ve been in love, I still don’t keep my passwords on it opposed to a USB drive, but some i’ve started to just out of simplicity and lack of need of serious security for those.