[abritishguy]

>more likely than not a cover.

And this is where reasoned debate turns into conspiracy theories.

> we already know from Snowden that the bios bit is a lie

Do we? So because they discovered a vulnerability in a particular Dell server in 2007 (discovered != introduced) this means that they could not have possibly disclosed details of a different bios vulnerability to tech giants years later?

> Not entirely sure why I'm being downvoted for this

Because you are claiming opinion and speculation as fact.