Conflating secure with up-to-date is wrong in such a broad and sweeping statement such as 'your Linux desktop is always less secure than an iPhone'. Updates so

Conflating secure with up-to-date is wrong in such a broad and sweeping statement such as 'your Linux desktop is always less secure than an iPhone'. Updates software does not instantly mean more secure, which I am sure you are aware of. As you stated, for the generalists, yes, an out-of-the-box iPhone has more hardening than an OOTB Linux desktop, but for the type of person on HN, this is not necessarily true at all. There are too many variables.