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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by Nition on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:33PM (#16065400)
Yeah, I had to read the “bug” or “flaw” part twice to be sure they're not saying it isn't a bug or flaw, they're only saying it isn't unique to Intel.

And then as you say, they immediately mention AMD to imply that everyone has the issue, but they also avoid actually saying that.

Your excellent analysis of what they're really saying reminds me of user thaumaturgy's analysis of Adancing Our Amazing Bet[1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12793033

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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by martin1975 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:56PM (#16065629)
Bet you a dollar some lawyer had to vet that three times over before they published it.
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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by Strudelnoggin on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:19PM (#16066426)
That same lawyer no doubt had to tell them that the following statement wouldn't fly without the addition of the word "believes":

"Intel believes its products are the most secure in the world [ . . . ]"

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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by martin1975 on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:53AM (#16068690)
Nicely done. Words like 'is' incur liability because it can be interpreted as making factual statements that you could be held accountable for. Hurry, get your law degree so you can skin Intel alive ;)
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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by monocasa on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:28PM (#16065917)
With the obvious class action suit that's coming, I don't know what else better their counsel has to do on a Monday night.
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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by x0x0 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:27PM (#16065914)
My suspicion is they don't get sued; rather, Werner Vogels calls Intel and tells them the massive haircut / refund they're gonna take. Or Werner buys amd procs.
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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by foobarian on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:05PM (#16067954)
Bet you another dollar it was more than one lawyer.
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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by ksec on Thursday January 04, 2018 @05:48AM (#16069317)
They could have just said other Industry vendors, but they HAD to name names.

To add insult to this already cheap shot, it was flat out lies and AMD isn't vulnerable to all three variants.

This is just pathetic.

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Re:Intel Responds to Security Research Findings by simooooo on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:57AM (#16068699)
They said it wasn't the paragraph before
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