They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They're Sworn Enemies

cf100clunk wrote: post #2

Dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47848423 Directly related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47849854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47849669

The third one has a lot of comments (266 points | 12 days ago | 323 comments)

Re: They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They're Sworn Enemies

#4

Post by johnsea » Mon, May 04, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC

"They Built"... I wonder how a quite (formerly) formidable magazine like Wired can choose such a wrong title? Only one built.. Only one attacked...

Re: They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They're Sworn Enemies

#5

Post by anas-cyber-net » Mon, May 04, 2026, 12:46 PM UTC

The drama aside, GrapheneOS is a good reminder that privacy tools live or die by community trust Technical excellence isn't enough if the people behind it can't maintain basic accountability.