Because they think only criminals need encrypted security.
Just remind them that Facebook can and does read all their Messages.

lmao, this is the funniest title I've read this month.

But on a serious note: there's a strong propaganda pushed by people in power that only criminals need privacy, because "if you have something to hide, you must be doing something wrong".

Expanding on this thought, there's also a stereotype that only socially akward and creepy people (mostly guys) worry about privacy, because "eeeeww, why can't you just be normal? Nobody cares about privacy" (yes, I've heard women say that to me. Most of them are chill tho).

Now to counter argue the first point I made: the true motivation to push this propaganda is to have more access to people's information and consequently more money and power.

The irony is that a lot of those who say they "have nothing to hide" would tremble in fear if their spouses read their chat messages or saw where they are spending their money.

Because their drug-dealer uses signals and they're hoping to score some cheap from you.

I just laugh and say "You think I'm a drug dealer? Well, now I think you are a poor judge of character"
Depending on the person, I then say "So, you want some drugs?"

Because its a encrypted messenger service?

Your body your choice. These people who judge you for using drugs are the same as those who protest planned parenthood 24/7.

Your friends are stupid

Same as my friends

It is what it is...

This is called "projection." Now you know that your friends are on signal slinging drugs and you're missing out

I had the same happen to me when I was younger. Not because of Signal though. People seem to assume that any non-standard behavior is based on drugs. Ask them why?

They have no idea how important privacy is, and that by default, you have none...

Id say: i dont have anything to hide, but some people do and I like to support them. Like people with autism for example. They shouldn't have to hide anything, but every now and then people in power use different groups of people as scapegoats to advance their agenda

Edit: typo

Because most people in this world are NPCs.

Given that it's the most secure, drug dealers and buyers usually use it. Still dumb to accuse you though, tons of people use signal and have no interest in drugs.

Drug dealers here used to use wiccr, which was shutdown when it pivoted to a military communcations platform

also, nothing wrong with doing some drugs bud :) get better friends

Becuase 3/4 people are r-worded and so you need to make at least 7 friends to have a better chance of finding someone who also uses drugs.

In all seriousness though it's essentially laziness at its core. Switching to signal incurs a debt where you have to consider whether to continue using all of the other platforms where your privacy is not respected. This is an especially shit-uphill task today and as long as the majority that don't care about privacy can continue to live in relative safety, it's easier to dump on the guy that even hints at spending a metric shitton of effort on a task where your skill level is about on par with someone having just learned not to eat their boogers in public.