When I read "bypass" I kind of read "go the alternate route. As in around the impasse" which in this case the impasse was encryption.
I think a lot of people in this thread are hating on NYTimes today for this headline because of the inaccurate WhatsApp encryption news stories of recent.
I could see myself being bothered if they had written that the encryption was "broken" or "cracked" as if you destroyed the boulder in your path. Bypass seems fine. Hacker News doesn't normally use bypass as a synonym for break, but for some reason today it i to the commentators
> I think a lot of people in this thread are hating on NYTimes today for this headline because of the inaccurate WhatsApp encryption news stories of recent.
More because we're all getting blown up with "Signal is broken" messages and have to answer them one by one because of misleading/disingenuous headlines. Yes, 'bypass' is technically correct but the implication of the headline is that the problem lies with the named apps. This is not true and actively problematic.
I think a lot of people in this thread are hating on NYTimes today for this headline because of the inaccurate WhatsApp encryption news stories of recent.
I could see myself being bothered if they had written that the encryption was "broken" or "cracked" as if you destroyed the boulder in your path. Bypass seems fine. Hacker News doesn't normally use bypass as a synonym for break, but for some reason today it i to the commentators