.@SamuelGibbs @manisha_bot Guardian should publish a proper piece or retract, but damage (real damage endangering ppl) is done. @KathViner
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eleanor Saitta
Thread! Badly done infosec journalism is like spreading misinfo on vaccines.



@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot@KathVinerhttps://twitter.com/dymaxion/status/821002641266397190 …zeynep tufekci added,
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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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the article seems to imply you're vulnerable only when the recipient changes phones, my understanding is that this isn't the case
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the server can tell you about a new key anytime, so an undelivered message is the only requirement, if I understand correctly
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(though I very much agree with the substance of the rest of the article)
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You are correct and we had a version that reflected this wording and I was about to send it to you but I think it got deleted.!
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Let me update. It's been a bit busy updating the document.
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