Look, a flood of "well actually, Qubes.." geeks are worse than useless. Confuses journalists; paralyzes them from needed steps. Stop it.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/838409661820841985 …
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Replying to @zeynep
"But I'm well meaning and technically correct in some long tail earth B" isn't stopping the harm of this over-explanation...
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Replying to @zeynep
Let me put it this way; many geeks seem to understand journalists and their practices as well as ordinary journalists know how to run Qubes.
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Replying to @zeynep
If you want to provide tech security help to journalists: Befriend them. Hang out with them. Learn what they do. A few years. Then, yeay!
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Replying to @zeynep
Many do. Painting with such a broad brush is not helpful.
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Replying to @BiellaColeman
So many don't that they have tons of journalists confused to the point of real harm. Those who don't, kudos, thank you.
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Replying to @zeynep
call them out by name then because that's a bit more useful than "geeks"
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Replying to @BiellaColeman
I can't call out hundreds of people by name. Those who don't do this hopefully realize the gravity of the issue.
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Replying to @zeynep
journos should be smarter than listening to random people on twitter. If they r not setting up proper workshops, there is a problem
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Indeed; there is a problem. It's not just randos on Twitter; some people are writing worse than useless "security guides".
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