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They're not just security platforms. They're low level computer systems with entire bespoke operating systems and better-than-kernel level access to the system (networking, etc). You have no idea what you're talking about. Please inform yourself.
I may not be very well informed about it, I admit. Would you have documents to share ? All I seem to find about Intel security engine is about how closed it is and how it has been exploited by bad actors in the past to gain elevated privileges in targeted hacks. It sucks, that's for sure. But it doesn't have much to do with the mass data collection employed by Google, Apple, Open AI, etc.
I unfortunately don't have much to share beyond a decent understanding of compute systems at an enterprise scale (where we utilize these low level subprocessors to do various things such as gather asset data or deploy operating system configurations, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology). The point I'm trying to make though is that current operating models don't allow for system trust. If you can't trust apple with high level data like that needed for llm models on-device (which is how they've configured it, requiring a specific user approval and interaction before forwarding minimal data to private process servers) then you shouldn't trust any device that lacks a complete open boot/firmware/ and OS stack because if these companies were going to exploit your data that egregiously, they already have the lowest level (best) access possible to a system that can transparently (without your knowledge) access encryption enclaves, networking, and storage. Truly open alternatives do exist by the way (see Coreboot, etc) but you're going to be looking at devices 10-20 years old since almost the entire industry runs proprietary at that level and it takes time for the less heavily funded community players to get up to speed.