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Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by aaomidi on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @09:34AM (#39679283)
Mobile OSes are not the same as windows or even Mac.
Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by chaostheory on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:33AM (#39680027)
Yeah, their main differentiator is that they’re locked down.
Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by jackpeterfletch on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @02:43PM (#39683248)
and are most peoples 2fa device
Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by dns_snek on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @04:27PM (#39684515)
They're locked down through technological measures such as sandboxing, which is designed to resist against malicious guests regardless of their origin and distribution method.
Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by sharikous on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @03:30PM (#39683848)
With typical usage they contain more sensitive data and people are less aware of what happens in them than PCs.

And mobile phones are perfect spying devices too. So the security question is more delicate

Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by alerighi on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @04:23PM (#39684454)
Well, not really. Usually people have all their personal data on their PC, rather than mobile phone.

Maybe this is changing for young people, but on my parents hard drive (for example) there is 30+ years of all sort of personal data, documents of every kind, emails, documents, etc. Not counting all the password and access saved in the browser itself.

If we talk about businesses, public administrations, hospitals basically everything is inside computers, including very sensitive data.

Re:Apple Announces Ability to Download Apps Directly from We... by yunwal on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @05:31PM (#39685222)
The location data from your PC, for example, is not nearly as sensitive as a phone.