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 @zeynep
Yes, Biella! There are people who cross over. This whole thread is great.
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tons. You can write a book on hackers who work with journalists not those who dispense with advice on twitter.
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Replying to @BiellaColeman @bbhorne
There may be, but there is a basic reality: walk into a top newsroom or a local one. Disaster zone security wise.
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It's not just Twitter. It's the guides. It's the tools developed and not developed. What gets attention. etc.
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Replying to @zeynep @BiellaColeman
Yes! I've been saying this to people in the CBC for years: as public media, what they fund matters.
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So many basic security holes that are almost universal among journos; makes you weep.
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