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Maybe the point isn't to win but for the "chilling effect."[0]. Essentially to discourage critics of the company from raising criticism in the future for fear o
by Someone1234 5y ago
Maybe the point isn't to win but for the "chilling effect."[0]. Essentially to discourage critics of the company from raising criticism in the future for fear of lawsuit (even if ultimately just to waste legal costs/impose a burden).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect
- gruturo 5y agoChilling effect, meet Streisand effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Thanks to Ubiquiti's efforts, now the story is known to a larger audience.
- TheHypnotist 5y agoIt seems to basically be a SLAPP suit.
- robocat 5y agoChilling effect meet Krebs. Krebs is more than capable of searching for security flaws. I would not want to piss him off . . . He seems like the sort of person to take it personally and then go out of his way to find security issues, of which I am sure there are plenty, considering the breadth of software and firmware across all their devices. This is not a symmetric fight.