It's quite common for users to jump down the throats of anyone who talks about privacy/encryption without sufficient perceived weight behind them. I suppose this could be seen as more of the same. But I also wonder if the comments would be less dismissive and condescending if the article were framed differently. There's a lot more to this story than the journalist has bothered to cover and they are partly to blame for the reaction.

"Former data analyst and engineer creates startup to develop award-winning material over five times stronger than concrete from waste, following scholarship in US university materials lab."