But encoding is relevant here too. If people cannot make sense of the messages, whether or not they're cryptographically secure, the messages aren't fulfilling the pedagogical purpose of the amateur service.
The average English speaking American probably won't be able to make sense of someone speaking Haitian, nobody says everyone must be able to understand you.
But you can record the Hiatian speakers message and get it translated.
With sufficient encryption, recorded messages cannot ever
be decoded unless the key was broadcast, which it never would be.
You can record an encrypted message and get it decrypted by anyone who demonstrates knowledge of the key. The process is identical to finding someone who demonstrates knowledge of Haitian. Encryption is nothing more than an uncommon encoding.