That makes it worse, not better!
If some country demands that tourists hand over that kind of information, they clearly don't want your money. Take your business elsewhere and vacation in another country.
I had some strange happenings with the Homeland Security and TSA last time I visited America. Like been unable to pay for flights using my credit card, and a lot of excessive questioning at airport security. And I haven't been back since.
Hence why that makes it worse, not better.
Anyway: If I can't trust our private talks to be private, then I can't speak freely with you.
OT:
Well WhatsApp is Facebook(Meta inc), so I'm thinking nothing on there is going to be truly private and away from govt spooks(strangers) anyway....
If you're communicating via Wechat or TikTok, those have absolutely no privacy at all.
If really want true privacy and want to talk freely about anything you like, just don't put it on the interwebs, end of.
P&CA:
Apparently you've got this RESTRICT ACT bill coming up now, which from what I've read will make it a criminal offence to use a VPN in the US. This is exactly what the law is here in China, i.e.
using a VPN can get you jail time.