> The real harm comes from regular people reading articles like the Wired one or the famously wrong Guardian one and switching to much worse alternatives, like SMS or Telegram.

I can understand why you give SMS as an example, because it is just plaintext. But why Telegram? As far as I know Telegram is probably better secured over a service like Whatsapp.

Edit: the latter is an assumption from me, I do not have any claims to back this up. Thats why I'm asking.