Comment by TrevorFSmith

Reading mainstream coverage of tech is certainly what made me lose confidence in much of their other reporting.

Back when tech was this niche thing 20+ years ago, media's illiteracy on the matter was forgivable. Now that it's omnipresent and represents a huge portion of the economy, not so much. Yet the accuracy of the reporting on events that I have familiarity with has barely improved.*

* Acknowledging that this is subjective and I don't have any way to quantify it.

Reading almost any mass media article on encryption makes me want to scream.