Random high-profile anecdata for why you should NEVER trust a China-approved messenger: http://www.zeit.de/feature/freedom-of-press-china-zhang-miao...

tl;dr Chinese assistant of a German newspaper was arrested for political signalling on WeChat.

This is a tool that has almost certainly been used to find and kill people in lower-profile cases. It's disgusting to see that HN/SV people will never care about that part of tech. This thread makes me feel terrible.