[Florin_Andrei]

> The fact that Apple designed the hotplugging at the OS-level infuriated me for the longest time.

On the flip side, if there's an issue with the protocol, it can be easily fixed with an OS update. Consider that in contrast with the recent USB security hoopla.

[georgyo]

You do realize that Thunderbolt has direct memory access right? It doesn't even need drivers to do malicious actions. It can dump and modify memory at will.

In fact all the USB security hoopla also affects Thunderbolt devices, which can also be reflashed without physically modification.

Thunderbolt is even less secure than firewire, which at least required some support from the OS to dump memory.

USB is an iron fortress compared to those kinds of attacks.