@sneak I'm wondering, why exactly you are using OSX instead of a privacy respecting OS then?
The only thing I'd do with an arm mac would be to attempt to break the "security" so that I can install a linux based os on it.
@sp1rit because macos has vastly better security than any other os that runs programs.
linux desktops (i have several here) are super insecure by comparison. it's possible you are ignorant of the security features added to the macOS in the last 5-7 years.
@sneak i haven't used it in the lased 5-7 years so that might be true
Security was never something I cared much about. For me its more free software and privacy - so I think its secure enough just to install firewalld and be done with it. (Probably isnt) 😀
@sp1rit privacy and security are closely related. the apps you use can easily violate your privacy without these new os-level protections and you'd have no idea it happened. there are tools for macOS, both native in the platform, as well as available add-on software, that prevent/surface that, and nothing comparable exists for linux.
@sp1rit for one (of several) example, little snitch/lulu allow you to confirm/deny every outbound connection an app makes, so no invisible calls to data brokers. there's a linux port called opensnitch but i don't know if it still works anymore, is unmaintained in any case.