Interesting way to avoid Link Locking Options

[Lobo0705]

Had a game last night where the decker was in a Rating 8 host and got spotted, and Blaster IC came out.

The Blaster IC hit him, and link locked him (ended up doing a ton of Matrix damage, and the deck was only one box away from being crashed).

Next combat round the Probe IC comes out, and starts to mark his deck, so that the Trace IC can come out and trace his real world location.

The decker (trying again and again to jack out, but unable to beat the host in the opposed test) simply switched his Attack Rating to its lowest setting (3 in this case) and Data Spiked one of the IC. The result, since he could only count three successes on his Data Spike, meant that he took a bunch of Matrix Damage that could not be resisted, crashing his deck, and breaking his connection to the Matrix.

Sure he takes some Biofeedback Damage, but it is better than having a response team sent to your location. Am I missing something, or should this be SOP if you get link locked?