.@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.1 reply 7 retweets 30 likes -
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@SamuelGibbs@manisha_bot Guardian should publish a proper piece or retract, but damage (real damage endangering ppl) is done.@KathViner2 replies 4 retweets 22 likes -
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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mike_Mimoso
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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Understood. Quoting a statement they sent us
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.@Mike_Mimoso @threatpost I understand. I'm responding. Writing a piece to add to some "controversy" coverage won't undo much.
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