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Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by sneak on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:08AM (#22661181)
The T2 boot security chip (which is ARM and has all of the standard iOS (renamed BridgeOS) security features) which is presently shipping in most/all Macs will be able to foil Hackintoshes just as soon as the installed base is sufficient that a new macOS release can demand an attestation from it to boot.

The Air and mini just got an update that brings the T2. I’m not sure if they are still shipping any non-T2 Macs, I don’t think they are.

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Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by mastercheif on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:12AM (#22661203)
The iMac is still shipping without the T2. I was last updated in 2019, so it's not a zombie by any stretch.
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Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer by sneak on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:14AM (#22661212)
Ahh yes; I have an iMac Pro (IIRC the first one to get it) and forgot they hadn’t T2’d the silver ones yet.
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