

And THIS is the problem. How long is PGP / GPG around? I have vivid (and fond) memories of a time in the early 00s when we did encryption parties inviting normal people to help them install GPG and teach them how to encrypt their emails. And people came to these events! We had an event in a community centre where we did over 200 installs on laptops of “average Joes / Janes” in a single day.
But somehow, interest in private communication fizzled out over the last decade or so.

Well, if China invades Taiwan everything in the region (at least) is going to hell one way or the other and everybody knows this. So, i think this threat is a somewhat unneeded publicity stunt.