I'm pretty certain none of this is true. It's frustrating that people can collect easy upvotes for writing innuendo like this.
Note: you didn't argue that there were public policy implications to proposed legislation. You said Apple is sharing zero-day vulnerabilities, and that they're doing it to get Apple Pay accepted by FedGov clients.
You've made extremely serious accusations here and insulted the integrity of a lot of good people. So I think you're now obligated to back up your extraordinary claims with evidence. Will you do that, please?
Your other option, if you don't have evidence that Apple has deliberately shared zero-day vulnerabilities with the USG, let alone done so in order to secure contracts with them, would be to apologize.
Everyone's different, but personally: I would be uncomfortable in the limbo of having neither supported such a grave and specific argument nor apologized for carelessly starting a rumor campaign about it.
Then try "cyber-sharing" executive order. It's the same thing. They are supposed to share "vulnerabilities" and "other data" about the potential targets. Same thing with the new CISA/NPCA bills.
