I refused because "on the one hand; on the other hand" pitting misleading alarmist clickbait against complex truths confuses people more.
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Journalism, if it has a point, has to take the side of complex truths and stand behind them. Why should anyone pay for alarmist clickbait?
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This, by the way, is also why the infosec community is fawning over the Teen Vogue article. It's good. https://twitter.com/funnymonkey/status/837653208168198144 …
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And the journo who wrote for Teen Vogue on comsec—looking to do a piece on antivirus software. *faints* Ping her.—> https://twitter.com/njkobie/status/837668852687323136 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard
Why I'm still on this case. Disinformation & conjuring undue doubt is *the* model to muddy the waters on everything.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/837696035556249600 …
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Climate change. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Vaccines. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Secure messaging. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Corruption. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Epistemological nihilism is a crisis.
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World is complex, so we MUST combine complexity, context *and* facts—alarmist clickbait like Guardian on WhatsApp is the opposite of that.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Edward Snowden
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@Guardian pubs trashy clickbait; 2-Refuses to correct or talk to experts; 3-@teenvogue steps up; 4-... 5-https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/837712749266354179 …zeynep tufekci added,
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Share that Teen Vogue piece on secure messaging with this guide that explains HOW TO implement its recommendations. https://medium.com/@mshelton/upgrading-whatsapp-security-386c8ce496d3 …pic.twitter.com/amFc1kHwzS
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jan Schaumann
It's been that kind of year.https://twitter.com/jschauma/status/837499178171387905 …
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And @mshelton has a great set of guides on how to properly configure WhatsApp for more security, use Signal etc.
https://medium.com/@mshelton/upgrading-whatsapp-security-386c8ce496d3 …
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