> can't believe how all these security experts are suggesting the Guardian retract a factually correct article because stupid users might switch from Whats App to SMS. Do you really think the average user is that stupid?
The security experts you're complaining about are citing empirical evidence that people mostly switch back to SMS if they stop using WhatsApp. They are right, and you are wrong.
> Maybe the Guardian article prompted thousands of people to learn more about cryptography? This is probably the first time many people have learned that a security protocol can have flaws.
Everyone in this discussion agrees that there is no 100% correct answer here, and that this is all a question of tradeoffs. The security community wants the option that minimizes harm to the most people, and the Guardian's reporting is doing the opposite of that. Yes, a few people may have been more informed about cryptography. The overwhelming evidence is that many more people instead are switching to a less-secure alternative because they didn't understand what they were reading.
> To me it sounds like a bunch of security experts are angry that they weren't quoted in the most prominent security story of the year.
I don't know where to begin with this. You just told us not to assume the worst of ordinary people but seem happy to do that with domain experts.