First read of the AMDFLAWS whitepaper (no real technical details given) is: “over-hyped beyond belief”. This is a whitepaper worthy of an ICO. And yes, that is meant to be an insult.
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It begins with a statement which is clearly set up for financial readers as they quote the FTC and by page 2 it is a flurry of mediabites (“bad actors”, “espionage”, “disregard for fundamental security principles”).
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The actual footnote about the “FTC audit” is about Asus insecure home routers… Not that anyone reads beyond “FTC!! ZOMG!1!!1!” The sentence “This raises concerning questions regarding security practices, auditing, and quality controls at AMD” is classic financial auditor talk…
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Page 3 plays *up* the value of AMD’s Zen architecture (“In the meantime, the Zen architecture is a tremendous success”) because you need to show “big company” but AMD’s market share is measly compared to Intel… Then claim AMD EPYC / Ryzen are “sold as high-security solutions”...
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But the footnote? Ha, it is a link to AMD’s very own “Aerospace and Defense Applicaiton Brief”, i.e. a *marketing document*. There is zero chance that they are already installed anywhere, the dev cycle is decades-long. They then throw self-driving cars into the mix except they...
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I think that short selling directed by vulnerability research could work, but for dozens of reasons, this one is going to fail for sure 
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Replying to @taviso @osxreverser
Obvious fail: no mention of showers. We all know real vulnerabilities come to you in showers.
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