Why do Metabox use Nonces?

WordPress nonces are meant to prevent unauthorized execution of code. In the case of meta boxes, they are protecting you against malicious users potentially adding unauthorized meta-information to your posts and pages by forging POST requests. Why wouldn’t you want to use nonces?

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