We don't communicate risk properly. Terrorism is horrible, but not communicating the risk well leads people to support dangerous responses.
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Vaccines have side effects; not communicating that properly will lead to less vaccination (which is the way the Guardian piece is wrong).
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But you can also undercommunicate risk & odds. Before the election, poorly explained probability models w/ shaky assumptions misled people.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Stefano Zanero
No
@Guardian retraction of its irresponsible WhatsApp story despite call from some of world's top cryptographers.https://twitter.com/raistolo/status/823161843472625664 …zeynep tufekci added,
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Worse, reporting every usability trade-off (which helps keeps users secure) in such alarmist terms hurts coverage of important weaknesses.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Jeanine Finn
Yes. Final responsibility for endangering ppl is on
@SamuelGibbs.@kathviner &@gdnreadersed should act to correct.https://twitter.com/JFTitone/status/823195846619566083 …zeynep tufekci added,
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Jeanine Finn
This, this, this. We must create and subscribe to good press; and show up & demand accountability when they fail!https://twitter.com/JFTitone/status/823198084960239616 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Andrew France 🤦🏻♂️
Not calling it a backdoor doesn't fix. Scaremongering & blanket, misleading recs were the most harmful part.https://twitter.com/Odaeus/status/823221902034538498 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Peter Monnerjahn
The list of signatories has grown to 70, includes some of world's top cryptographers, still waiting for
@Guardian.https://twitter.com/petermonnerjahn/status/823516651786211328 …zeynep tufekci added,
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People who cannot comprehend basics of security—the scope & implications of a threat; what options people have—shouldn't report on security.
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