"60. Defendants force Apple to engage in a continual arms race: Even as Apple develops solutions and enhances the security of its devices, Defendants are constantly updating their malware and exploits to overcome Apple’s own security upgrades.
61. These constant recovery and prevention efforts require significant resources and impose huge costs on Apple. Defendants’ unlawful malware activities have caused and continue to cause Apple significant damages in excess of $75,000 and in an amount to be proven at trial."
Hopefully the judgement is able to split the hairs between reputational and development harm to a company for security vulnerabilities, and harm to users for organized exploitation of those vulnerabilities.
The former feels like it should be free speech -- statement of facts related to the company's product(s). The latter is an obvious wrong.
"60. Defendants force Apple to engage in a continual arms race: Even as Apple develops solutions and enhances the security of its devices, Defendants are constantly updating their malware and exploits to overcome Apple’s own security upgrades.
61. These constant recovery and prevention efforts require significant resources and impose huge costs on Apple. Defendants’ unlawful malware activities have caused and continue to cause Apple significant damages in excess of $75,000 and in an amount to be proven at trial."
Hopefully the judgement is able to split the hairs between reputational and development harm to a company for security vulnerabilities, and harm to users for organized exploitation of those vulnerabilities.
The former feels like it should be free speech -- statement of facts related to the company's product(s). The latter is an obvious wrong.