.@SamuelGibbs OFFICIALS IN TURKEY USING YOUR MISLEADING PIECE ON THE NON-EXISTENT WHATSAPP "BACKDOOR" TO PUSH FOLKS TO INSECURE CHANNELS.
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@SamuelGibbs The level of irresponsibility and ignorance in your piece was breathtaking. Was the real human cost was worth your clicks?2 replies 62 retweets 141 likes -
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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
@SamuelGibbs has done in the Guardian. The cost is real.@KathViner3 replies 66 retweets 113 likes -
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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jef Mathiot
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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted clovis
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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trusting officials of an oppressive regime on what to use for security, kind of seems like the root problem here.
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if your threat model includes a government, Signal is your best bet. All others are bells and whistles, esp a FB owned entity.
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I recommend Signal all the time. Most of WhatsApp's user base will switch, at best, to Messenger, a worse option.
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