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I am always dubious of Krebs since the whole Ubiquiti debacle. I acknowledge that he apologised (in a fashion), but the fact that he doubled down when he must h
by sbuk 3y ago
I am always dubious of Krebs since the whole Ubiquiti debacle. I acknowledge that he apologised (in a fashion), but the fact that he doubled down when he must have known that his source was the perpetrator leaves a bad taste. As someone in the security field, I treat everything he reports with a healthy amount of scepticism, double-checking any sources he provides.
- ta1243 3y agoI remember some original reports about ubiquiti but not the specifics, is lodged in the back of my mind as "this company is getting worse" I never saw the apology, but even if I had the damage would still be there, the subconcious part of my mind has downgraded ubiquiti On the flip side maybe ubiquiti deserved to be downgraded - I remember talk about new owners and new directions, and perhaps I never even saw the security claim, and this retraction will unfairly "un-downgrade" them. It's the same problem as the tabloid press. They can spend 3 weeks hounding someone with lies on page 1, then print a retraction on page 14. Even if the retraction was on page 1 it wouldn't undo the damage.
- sbuk 3y agoTrust is an extremely fragile thing (he says in a pseudo-intellectual sat-on-the-sofa on-a-rainy-day kind of philosophical whimsy...)
- e40 3y agoYeah, this bothers me a lot. I've been an Ubiquiti customer for a long time, and when this happened I was extremely nervous for a good while. I even missed the pseudo-apology, but saw the news stories about the perp later.