Whether or not Hutchins' friends are concerned isn't the question. Whether or not the entire security research community are or should be "chilled" is. There's

Whether or not Hutchins' friends are concerned isn't the question. Whether or not the entire security research community are or should be "chilled" is. There's no evidence that he was arrested for being a security researcher. There is evidence that he was arrested because there was probable cause to believe he had committed a crime.