> I’d much rather have my data deleted until it’s secured than have it stolen by someone else
There are multiple logical fallacies in this sentence. First is the use of the world 'until' which is ambiguous here; it suggests that your data can be 'undeleted' after the DB has been secured or you would rather not have any data stored anywhere that is not secured. Either option to me seems like an incorrect read of your comment but I'm not sure. And "than have it stolen by someone else" seems to imply that you know that this data was never copied and cannot be stolen still. I think that seems incorrect, unless there is something I missed that assures everyone that the data could not have been stolen during these hacks.
Lastly, your personally preferred outcome for your personal data is not a measure for all of society, but you grant it that "public service" label as if your preference matters above everyone else's. You don't know what other people think about their data. You don't know what the data even is. What if some of it was just a hobby project for someone, with no financial implications of unsecured data or of data loss, but with emotional attachment to their data? Do they not matter to you?
A blind deletion of unknown data belonging to unknown people is not a public service.
I assume the comment was partially in jest. But this would actually work well if it was consistent and fast. If databases get wiped before you have time to put anything important in them then noone gets hurt.
> There are multiple logical fallacies in this sentence.
No, there aren't any fallacies in that sentence and can't be.
The statement expresses a personal preference; to be fallacious there must be some logic that can be unsound. That is, it must start from some premises and then derive a conclusion. To find a fallacy, you have to show that at some point the conclusion does not follow from the premises.
Since it's a simple assertion, it is implicitly sound. (The graph of premises to conclusions is just a single node.) And since the author knows with certainty what his preferences are, we can take it as true. It's fruitless to argue with people about what their preferences are.
> First is the use of the world 'until' which is ambiguous here
Virtually all "fallacies" you see online are just people typing their thoughts in a hurry. Take advantage of interaction and ask them to clarify.
> Lastly, your personally preferred outcome for your personal data is not a measure for all of society, but you grant it that "public service" label as if your preference matters above everyone else's.
And as a member of the public, if it serves my interest, it is a public service to some extent.
Now, fair enough, you're trying to attack it as not being some broader notion of a public service. You have that broader notion in mind, but you don't explain what it is.
Instead you apply your internal definition through "as if..." which puts you in the territory of inventing a claim they simply never made. That's not even fallacious, it's pure fiction.
> A blind deletion of unknown data belonging to unknown people is not a public service.
You do make some claims, mostly coached as questions, that might lead to this conclusion. You never plainly state your premises, nor do you connect them to this conclusion.
So after all that, your conclusion is a non sequitur!
It can be, imagine I saw a fire alarm and pressed the button because I thought a fire started, it didn't and I learnt that the fire alarm only looked like it was working, knowing that this would not be fixed for 24 hrs I choose to smash the alarm so it's visibly broken. Is that vandalism?
I completely missed the poor consistency from the "I would rather" comment above. I would also prefer my data deleted and not stolen, but had to read your comment to realize there is no evidence to suggest that. It is funny how much I assume being at least partially aware of my ignorance of the topic.
It is, better than to steal the data, you know what a really bad service is? Let your Database wide open, and expose your customers data (maybe?) for everyone to read.
randyrand|5 years ago
smt88|5 years ago
qrbLPHiKpiux|5 years ago
cryptoz|5 years ago
> I’d much rather have my data deleted until it’s secured than have it stolen by someone else
There are multiple logical fallacies in this sentence. First is the use of the world 'until' which is ambiguous here; it suggests that your data can be 'undeleted' after the DB has been secured or you would rather not have any data stored anywhere that is not secured. Either option to me seems like an incorrect read of your comment but I'm not sure. And "than have it stolen by someone else" seems to imply that you know that this data was never copied and cannot be stolen still. I think that seems incorrect, unless there is something I missed that assures everyone that the data could not have been stolen during these hacks.
Lastly, your personally preferred outcome for your personal data is not a measure for all of society, but you grant it that "public service" label as if your preference matters above everyone else's. You don't know what other people think about their data. You don't know what the data even is. What if some of it was just a hobby project for someone, with no financial implications of unsecured data or of data loss, but with emotional attachment to their data? Do they not matter to you?
A blind deletion of unknown data belonging to unknown people is not a public service.
p1necone|5 years ago
ben509|5 years ago
No, there aren't any fallacies in that sentence and can't be.
The statement expresses a personal preference; to be fallacious there must be some logic that can be unsound. That is, it must start from some premises and then derive a conclusion. To find a fallacy, you have to show that at some point the conclusion does not follow from the premises.
Since it's a simple assertion, it is implicitly sound. (The graph of premises to conclusions is just a single node.) And since the author knows with certainty what his preferences are, we can take it as true. It's fruitless to argue with people about what their preferences are.
> First is the use of the world 'until' which is ambiguous here
Virtually all "fallacies" you see online are just people typing their thoughts in a hurry. Take advantage of interaction and ask them to clarify.
> Lastly, your personally preferred outcome for your personal data is not a measure for all of society, but you grant it that "public service" label as if your preference matters above everyone else's.
And as a member of the public, if it serves my interest, it is a public service to some extent.
Now, fair enough, you're trying to attack it as not being some broader notion of a public service. You have that broader notion in mind, but you don't explain what it is.
Instead you apply your internal definition through "as if..." which puts you in the territory of inventing a claim they simply never made. That's not even fallacious, it's pure fiction.
> A blind deletion of unknown data belonging to unknown people is not a public service.
You do make some claims, mostly coached as questions, that might lead to this conclusion. You never plainly state your premises, nor do you connect them to this conclusion.
So after all that, your conclusion is a non sequitur!
tudorw|5 years ago
rodgerd|5 years ago
josejuanisaac|5 years ago
nix23|5 years ago
It is, better than to steal the data, you know what a really bad service is? Let your Database wide open, and expose your customers data (maybe?) for everyone to read.