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



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@zeynep Let's be fair, contributors to the debacle include:@manisha_bot https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages …@nathanielmott https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/14/whatsapp-vulnerability-secure-messaging-apps …1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@zeynep and of course Sam; my belief is that the "exclusive" was@manisha_bot ?@SamuelGibbs https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-encryption-backdoor-snooping-signal … /@nathanielmott1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@zeynep This brings up to four the number of Guardian articles on Friday https://twitter.com/GdnLaw/status/819977205065216000 …@manisha_bot@SamuelGibbs@nathanielmottAlec Muffett added,
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ugh, what a piece of mal-informed actively-harmful garbage.
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Been watching for days as people got totally confused, gave up on security.
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Not surprised. Couldn't have designed a better set of articles to break trust.
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I actually am very sympathetic to the "not technology alone for privacy" view.
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I find Facebook's metadata grab of WhatsApp horrible. I rail against it a lot.
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I agree internet's ad-business model is a disaster for privacy. Written so much on that.
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I still wouldn't falsely write "WhatsApp has a backdoor confuse confuse please click".

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Especially since I spend so much time trying to convert people to more secure options.

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