> Limoncello promptly replied: “My apologies; but I don’t have any more information to share on this topic.” With that, the discussion and Kilpatrick’s inquiry were over.

It's subtle, but this is a lie. To tell the truth, he would have had to say "I'm not allowed to share any more information on this topic (by my employer)."

Corporations love these passive-voice "it just is this way, nothing we can do about it" lies.

You didn't post the article link, it's:

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/users-cry-foul-afte...

Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

AMD’s stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move.

AMD has silently dropped TSME from it's consumer CPUs.