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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by hagibborim on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:39AM (#25629250)
It's not a logical fallacy, but it's still a fallacy.
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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by coldtea on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:56AM (#25629353)
You keep using this word "fallacy". I don't think it means what you think it means [1]

(a) a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.

(b) a misleading or unsound argument.

(c) deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness.

(d) Logic. any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound.

[1] to paraphrase "The Princess Bride"

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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by hagibborim on Monday January 04, 2021 @06:00AM (#25629775)
This usage fits definitions a, b, and c. This very definition draws a distinction between a 'fallacy' and a 'logical fallacy'
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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by coldtea on Monday January 04, 2021 @06:30AM (#25630009)
>This usage fits definitions a, b, and c.

No, it doesn't.

Government: - "We will use data just for medical purposes"

Government (later): - "Guess what, we lied/we recant: we will use them for other state purposes too".

There's nothing fallacious in (a), (b) or (c) way about either statement or the whole situation.

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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by hungryforcodes on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @09:02PM (#25653947)
It's a brilliant example of doublethink you did there.
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