Thanks for sharing. There are some good arguments here,* particularly re: servers holding your registration info and some of the downsides of requiring servers for xmpp (though it also has some advantages—it&#x27;s nice to be able to message someone not online).<p>*though I&#x27;m always a little anti-&quot;pgp can&#x27;t be used by normal users.&quot; If the situation requires the security that PGP provides, users can frequently be made to learn. (That being said, Glenn Greenwald couldn&#x27;t be bothered to set up PGP to talk to Snowden until someone got him up to speed. [0])<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theintercept.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;28&#x2F;smuggling-snowden-secrets&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theintercept.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;28&#x2F;smuggling-snowden-secret...</a>