How Does Damon Beres Use Ethos Pathos Logos

Bill Nelson once said, “If we don’t act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.” With the increasing amount of data that our mobile phones and tablets contain, encryption and security is becoming more vital everyday. Damon Beres, author of “What You Need To Know About Apple vs. The FBI” argues both sides as the war on privacy rights and national security continues. Although Beres uses a large amount of pathos throughout his article, he doesn’t use ethos and logos as much. When Beres does use logos and ethos though, he clearly states examples. While he implies his claim without directly stating it, the reader can identify that “implied thesis” that the FBI asking such request of apple will create a slippery

Privacy being important to the people, Beres uses a small, but effective and adequate amount of ethos. He explains that the iPhone and iPad are not alone when it comes to the FBI needing to “brute force” the devices open to obtain data. The ANdroid devices that he owns are much like the iPhone and iPad, in which people refer to them to have what's called the “self destruct” function that erases all data from the device. Making this reference to Android and comparing how the mobile operating systems share similarities, is an important method of using ethos to explain that Apple is not the only company using this kind of security for their customers. Though many would think this ”backdoor” would not affect them, Matthew Deluca over at NBC News, explains in his article “ Apple vs. Feds: Lawmakers hammer FBI Chief in Encryption Hearing”, that reducing encryption and security on smartphones and tablets could be fatal to millions of consumers around the world. Where Beres falls short in ethos, is the fact that he never cited any other credible sources throughout his article. Being that Beres is a senior tech editor for the Huffington Tech, he probably implies that we will think he is credible because of the company he rights for. In some cases this could work but not knowing what kind of audience you article will receive, cited credible sources and stating his credibility could have made a larger impact of the result you will get after someone reads the