Yet another lock-making company goes after a lock-picking YouTuber

[mikeymikec]

10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

It’s still legal to pick locks, even when you swing your legs.

arstechnica.com

For a long time I wondered how it was that fuckwit cop stories going national didn't actively discourage other cops from being fuckwits (in a "christ, these people give our profession a bad name" sense), but apparently the opposite effect seems to be the case in other job fields too.

Overall I think these lock-making companies need to understand that they need to be a *far* bigger player in worldwide terms if they want to crush their critics. Obviously I'd prefer them to have a grasp of "try not to be a fuckwit" but that is apparently too high an expectation.

This story is very much a case of "when you thought it couldn't get any worse, fuckwit out-fuckwits themself".

 

[KMFJD]

that was a hilarious read.....

 

[DZero]

So, instead of improving their products, they sue to not to show their incompetence? HAHAHAHAHA!

 

[KMFJD]

So, instead of improving their products, they sue to not to show their incompetence? HAHAHAHAHA!

the chef's kiss was them asking the judge to seal the records when they asked for the case to be dismissed....

 

[feralkid]

Wow, they be some stupid angry rednex.

 

[Moonbeam]

Obviously legal intimidation by people of means and access to silence critics has a proven record of success despite situations like this that backfire spectacularly otherwise we wouldn’t be reading about shit like this. Win or lose, the lawyers get paid so where would a serious will to reform the system come from?

 

[DZero]

the chef's kiss was them asking the judge to seal the records when they asked for the case to be dismissed....

This will provoke the worst effect.... even if they stays in the US, in the ROW would be a total chaos.

 

[skyking]

And they fell for it.