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I agree with everything you've said, but it's still not an "appeal to authority" argument. For example: "You should vote Joe for Sheriff because my uncle--who
by inanutshellus 8y ago
I agree with everything you've said, but it's still not an "appeal to authority" argument.
For example: "You should vote Joe for Sheriff because my uncle--who is a private detective and knows these things--says to."
That said, logical fallacy discussions are irrelevant to your actual point: Keeping logs implies you trust the government entirely. Not keeping logs implies you trust your users entirely. Neither option is healthy for the other in and of themselves and requires "everyone else" (aka civilization) to be doing their jobs to stop bad guys and/or governments.
Tricky stuff.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoHis argument is literally "it's ok because they are an authority." > Not keeping logs implies you trust your users entirely. No. It means your business is to provide a proxy service, and not to monitor what users do with it. Trust has nothing to do with anything. It's a special type of ignorance to say, "well, governments won't overreach, they're here to help" if you've been alive before and after 9/11.