One interesting angle to the whole signal group chat controversy is that some were wondering if they were using signal because the official systems are a pain to use on a day-to-day basis.
I don't know if that is true in this case but, as a general principle, user friendliness is an important part of security. If, while making something secure, you trade off the usability, and make it very inconvenient to use, that actually diminishes security, because it tempts people to find work-arounds, so they can get their work done.
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