Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exploits

Re:Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exp... by ZeroGravitas on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:12PM (#16073141)

If they designed it like this, and it works as they designed it, is their PR spin opening them up to legal challenge? Presumbly they've just been misrepresenting what their system was capable of if they claim this wasn't news to them.

Is it a valid legal defence to say, that was just marketing lies so don't take it seriously?

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Re:Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exp... by scott00 on Thursday January 04, 2018 @04:41PM (#16074325)

> Is it a valid legal defence to say, that was just marketing lies so don't take it seriously?

There actually is a recognized defense to fraud claims along those lines. The concept is called "puffery": https://definitions.uslegal.com/p/puffery/

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