These are important issues; deserve discussion, consideration, reporting with proper context and explanation, etc. Hah, right?
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Instead, we have timing to play with particular "deep state" narrative, and scare journalists from investigative reporting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Update software; enable two-factor on everything; use a security key ($17.99 on Amazon, blue); iPhone, not Android.. https://twitter.com/yungsaachi/status/839146595614605313 …
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..open attachments in a Chromebook or Gdocs or iOs (never in Word or Adobe)—copy the text as plaintext to notepad to work with—etc.
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Now, if you're a journo investigating an intelligence agency on head of a nation-state, well. Don't get advice on Twitter. Contact EFF, etc.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sheera Frenkel
Thread. Misinformation is the new censorship. If we see evidence Signal hacked, it is noteworthy. Not in this dump.https://twitter.com/sheeraf/status/839147353076445184 …
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This (NYT) isn't correct. NOTHING new about saying *if* your phone is hacked, your apps can be bypassed. Has always been true & reported.pic.twitter.com/UOc8uT5zmm
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Reporters; if you want to report accurately on Wikileaks dump, I'll connect you to cryptographers & infosec experts. Anti-surveillance ones.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
This is the "news." Nothing new about this. CIA has some (expensive, targeted) ways to hack phones. Reported before. https://twitter.com/WilliamsEast15/status/839151973362458624 …
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🕊Forward Boomer ⚖️ Retweeted Edward Snowden
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@zeynep Take a look at Snowden's comment—sounds like *he* thinks this is a big deal.https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/839157182872576000 …🕊Forward Boomer ⚖️ added,
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Edward Snowden
.@boomer4bernie See his tweet before: https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/839155787226316800 … Which is what I am saying. And journalists are misreporting.
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