Ethics emerges as the central axis. Engineers design systems that generate URLs and logs; policy and governance decide whether logs are ephemeral or archival, accessible or locked behind legal warrants, plain text or encrypted. When logs are treated as exclusive assets—monetized, siloed, traded—the power to narrate digital life consolidates. When logs are treated as public records—carefully redacted and transparently governed—they can illuminate accountability. The technical decisions about formats, retention, and access are thus political acts in disguise.