>All of those things you listed also existed on x86 Macs Nope. Security settings on the Intel Macs were per machine just like other PCs. The system of allowi

>All of those things you listed also existed on x86 Macs Nope. Security settings on the Intel Macs were per machine just like other PCs. The system of allowing per partition security settings so the user could install an unsigned OS without it effecting the security when booted into MacOS is new on Apple Silicon Macs. As the Asahi Wiki puts it: >From a security perspective, these machines may possibly qualify as the most secure general purpose computers available to the public which support third-party OSes, in terms of resistance to attack by non-owners. https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Apple-Silicon https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Appl...