.@guardian should retract at least as loudly as the way they spread misleading & dangerous advice. Publishing more "opinion" is no panacea.
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@zeynep might be more effective educating users abt risk/usability tradeoffs than seeking retraction. Story was more abt false FB claim. -
The story is exactly abt how there was a dangerous hole that govs etc cld use, hence “exclusive”: http://www.bildungsbasar.de/2017/01/the-whatsapp-backdoor-myth-and-uncritical-pseudo-journalism/ …
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Would be great: a story on how to use WhatsApp more securely. Also many real issues to hold its feet to the fire.https://twitter.com/spiresec/status/823530704940187649 …
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@zeynep not just WhatsApp; people need to better understand risk and tradeoffs for all tech.
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People who don't understand technology or security: talk to ppl who do before publishing harmful alarmist pieces.