Comment it's useful (Score 1) 195
My work brings me in contact with people who have very good reasons to fear the government. Whistleblowers, advocates for asylum seekers, that sort of thing.
When I get a text message in a green bubble, I know that its contents were, by law, archived and retained by the phone carrier for government eyes. When I get a text message in a green bubble from someone I care about, I respond "let's meet in person and discuss how to correspond safely, don't ever message me like this again".