Spot on, incredibly accurate reveal.

MarlinSpike is not his real name, and he will "sing like a canary" if the FEDS ever come calling, installing code for a backdoor or even a man in the middle attack for them on his servers.

It has always bothered me he demands your real phone number to register - - as well as he forbids anyone that uses his code from running it through their own servers (they must run only through his servers).

Add to the fact that he only allows distribution through the Google Play store means he likely eventually intends to sell off to a BigBox corporate player (and with the deal all your metadata too).