[orr721]

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22231150/threema-as-evidence-in-t... https://china-cee.eu/2019/10/11/slovakia-political-briefing-...

The parent did not say it is a mafia app. But it's use really is strongly associated with mafia in Slovakia. That for sure will never make it very popular choice for people in Slovakia don't you think?

You can look for yourself, the only thing which pops-up on google when you search for threema and slovakia are the murders and mafia dealings with government officials and lawyers.

BTW the Threema encryption was not broken. The messages were extracted from an unlocked iPhone X of the main mafia operative (Kočner).

[jacquesm]

Slovakia is not exactly the largest country in the world and to extrapolate from 'Slovakian mobsters have used it' to 'this app is associated with the mob' is a bit of a stretch.

It may only be hard to convince non-mob Slovakians to use it, but that's a relatively insignificant number of people on the larger world stage.