Marginalization and ostracism for being privacy concerned: a personal anecdote

I'm here to vent a bit and share my situation with you. The other day, I was at a gathering with a group of friends, and one of them noticed the Signal icon on my phone and asked what it was. I briefly explained, and I swear, the backlash I received from the rest of the group for the next 10 minutes was of biblical proportions. I would have probably been better off admitting to being a junkie. Let me …

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