Politicians around the world do it on purpose because they know they can more easily get away with leaving no trace.

It's not an accident they don't use government email/IM and use WhatsApp/Signal instead.

But then they turn around and want to convince us it's bad when we use it. Because they're the ones handling “acceptable” secrets, somehow.

“For my friends? Anything. For my enemies? The law.” - Óscar Benavides

(Though to be fair, if we’re comparing South American military dictators, he was actually almost reasonable)