Shhhh, nobody tell him that Macs use Intel CPUs,(reply>), @Brenden Joseph intel did downplay it and bribe the researchers, that isn't a rumor. however, intel wouldn't leave a flaw like this unpatched, that's incredibly dangerous and it would ruin their reputation,(reply>), Kamel With any of these big cooperations I would not at all be surprised if the issue had been disclosed, and intel attempted to downplay it. Rumor has it, Intel actually tried to bribe the researchers who discovered the exploit to downplay the severity of risk. How true that is I don’t know. It seems to be pretty legitimate information from what I’ve gathered. Intel definitely doesn’t want to loose their data center customers, government etcetera. It’s not only a huge risk for their customers, they also have to deal with the performance loss.,(reply>), ​@Brenden Joseph To be clear, I don't have such a degree. Yes, Intel's architectural choices are questionable at best, but finding and leveraging an exploit against that issue is something entirely different. Apple would never knowingly patch a vulnerability without disclosing that to Intel, that would put their integrity at great risk.,(reply>), Kamel It’s cool that you have such a degree. I envy you. I have read though that this has been an issue for longer than the time since it’s been announced. I’m talking this specific flaw. Intel isn’t the only company capable of fixing the issue. Most people in the tech field apparently already knew some info about this. That’s the only reason I said what I said. Not saying I’m right or wrong.,(reply>), ​@Brenden Joseph Sure, I'll give you a degree in computer security via one YouTube comment. That's reasonable.