.@SamuelGibbs The level of irresponsibility and ignorance in your piece was breathtaking. Was the real human cost was worth your clicks?
.@SamuelGibbs OFFICIALS IN TURKEY USING YOUR MISLEADING PIECE ON THE NON-EXISTENT WHATSAPP "BACKDOOR" TO PUSH FOLKS TO INSECURE CHANNELS.
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I've gotten very angry at many misleading news pieces recently. Yours in the Guardian was in a class of its own.
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Journos reporting on info security, please learn. Don't ever do what
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I will rant again on Monday. This should not have happened; should not happen in the future.
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Seeing and fighting this for days. Futile. But predictable result of falsely calling a UX choice as "backdoor".https://twitter.com/TouitTouit/status/820740556074713088 …
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No, that is exactly what happens. People falsely told that WhatsApp has a backdoor, so might as well use easy SMS...https://twitter.com/clovis_cormoran/status/820741621335650306 …
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Breathtaking in its irresponsibility. False scaremongering about these issues is no joke. Guardian, too. GRRRRR
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@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot Since your misleading piece, I watched journos activists & citizens in vulnerable places be thoroughly confused. -
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@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot Some geeks: Everyone use Signal or PGP! As a user of both: neither scales. And WhatsApp DOES NOT HAVE A BACKDOOR. -
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@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot Responsible: "folks, you should verify keys, here's how; WhatsApp should add an option for blocking buffered msg" -
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@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot IRRESPONSIBLE: "WHATSAPP HAS A BACKDOOR PLEASE CLICK" Not true, but many governments around the world thank you. -
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@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot Guardian should publish a proper piece or retract, but damage (real damage endangering ppl) is done.@KathViner -
Thread! Badly done infosec journalism is like spreading misinfo on vaccines.
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Remember the since retracted fraudulent Lancet articles linking autism to vaccination? CIA using vaccine teams to hunt for Bin Ladin? +
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That's what false scaremongering about privacy is like. Polio, almost eradicated, is still around because it survived in Pakistan-Peshawar.
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Thanks to Guardian's irresponsible & baseless WhatsApp reporting, I'm flooded w reports of vulnerable folk switching to less secure options.
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As an update to thread: an open letter to the Guardian signed by some of world's top cryptographers & researchers http://technosociology.org/?page_id=1687 pic.twitter.com/jCA4eVUxVu
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My writing a piece for the Guardian is not the answer. Guardian needs to retract, explain, learn from.https://twitter.com/Mike_Mimoso/status/822542695390474241 …
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Some of world's top cryptographers & security researchers signed the letter; "on-the-one-hand" approach after sensationalism won't cut it.
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