Should the revolution fail, the digital trail left by these messages will give the government everything they need to hunt down every last activist.
We saw it with the Green Revolution in Iran. We've seen it several times since.
So long as messages are not encrypted, messaging apps are much more naturally suited as tools of oppression than tools of revolution.
So disappointing that true anonymous communication is technologically feasible but is only unavailable due to government intervention and public apathy.
This is not true at all. It's already available.