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I have to come back to the vaccine analogy. Running a story headlined "Common Vaccine Can Kill Your Children" would be factually accurate, too. Experts in the field would confirm that that can happen.

This is not a "well, actually" nerdfight. This is about putting real people in danger through egregiously irresponsible reporting.

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So, basically, your argument is that 'People can not be trusted with information that may be nuanced, so instead news outlets should limit themselves to headlines that minimize risk.' Comparing the use of an app to a lifesaving medicine is, in my view, a gross mis-characterization. The article suggested a more secure alternative that we all agree is more secure. What's the issue?

Nuanced information requires nuanced explanations. This coverage is not nuanced: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/whatsapp

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