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Re:Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID by victorf on Sunday September 22, 2013 @09:26PM (#6428773)
Citing the Google Chrome Security team regarding security is the exact opposite of the appeal to authority fallacy. It's an appropriate expert for the context.
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Re:Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID by sbuk on Monday September 23, 2013 @01:38AM (#6429309)
No. It's appeal to authority.
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Re:Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID by hahainternet on Monday September 23, 2013 @10:33AM (#6431197)
It is an appeal to authority, but a non fallacious one. As the authority being quoted has the relevant position.
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