You're right. When the white paper was announced; it was pre-released to specific entities to work around. The fact that the exploits have since been patched do

You're right. When the white paper was announced; it was pre-released to specific entities to work around. The fact that the exploits have since been patched doesn't remove the fact that they were a valid exploit. Was heartbleed not an exploit because it's since been patched? Or the thousands of DOS TSR viruses? What is even your point or logic here?