"I should stop using Facebook. According to my hairdresser, members of Facebook are at risk from hackers who sometimes use the site to steal the identities of members" commits the fallacy of

A) hasty generalization B) weak analogy C) false cause D) appeal to ignorance E) appeal to unqualified authority


E

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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