are there any alternative other than using Signal? Is there an OTR Encryption tool that integrates into the keyboard/clipboard on iOS/Android devices?

Even as an early adopter in most tech, including in WhatsApp, I did hope I'd never see the scale of illegal surveillance that is happening today on the entire consumer industry.

I feel nothing but powerlessness over the elimination of privacy.

WhatsApp communication is considered public in court and is credibly being monitored (source: friends at criminal investigation units and https://www.google.com/search?q=whatsapp+communication+monitoring ).

You don't need anything to hide to be criminally investigated. It could just be "dissent" to a government or a corruption case you want to blow the whistle on or any coincidental messages that in the wrong context appear in a different meaning. The state-level eaves-dropping has grown to a perverse level and a precise tool to identify key-persons. Even HN has fingerprinting to identify who said what independent of accounts.

Looking for any choices that are left or ideas on howto keep (team) communications outside of total surveillance.

Do you think privacy and encrypted communication that can't be cracked by the government should be outlawed or considered illegal?