.@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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jef Mathiot
Breathtaking in its irresponsibility. False scaremongering about these issues is no joke. Guardian, too. GRRRRR



https://twitter.com/TouitTouit/status/820742944797888513 …zeynep tufekci added,
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TIL it wasn't just
@SamuelGibbs. Apparently@manisha_bot wrote the original misleading Guardian WhatsApp piece, endangering so many people.2 replies 7 retweets 18 likes
.@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.4 replies 10 retweets 27 likes -
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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"2 replies 6 retweets 21 likes - Show replies
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