Signal (or Keybase), with expiring messages.

I've become quite paranoid about my digital communication, I've worked in the field long enough to know all of them are being scanned. I'm not even doing anything illegal, I'm just uncomfortable with it.

Or just never talk digitally, only talk IRL. All these guys lived near each other and worked at the same company, could have easily just dropped by each others desk with a wink or a nod.

There was a ring 6 years ago that was run over snapchat - expiring client side but not e2ee - and it got busted by a 50 year old that had a screenshot in his email

For my sensitive communications I’ve concluded not talking digitally too