The average user does not know anything about encryption! But they have heard about hacking, so they know that if a popular paper is reporting something as inse

The average user does not know anything about encryption! But they have heard about hacking, so they know that if a popular paper is reporting something as insecure, they shouldn't use it. What will they use instead? Whatever is available, and the next most available messenger is SMS. There are users who could literally (yes, literally) have their lives saved by using whatsapp rather than SMS. But because of this article, they won't. You don't have to take my word for that. Zeynep works with those people, and will tell you the same thing.