Aren't you just committing an appeal to authority fallacy?

Read her article and judge the merits there. It's the NYTimes, it's not like the article is going to break philosophical ground, it's more of a summary of what has happened. The way that our faces, location and information is collected has potential for dystopia, and that's an easy argument to make.

//edit: For context, the comment I was replying to read: > Ok. Then, what are his/her credentials on the topic?