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> Malware can indeed be worse than hell. Have you ever had your bank account hacked? Or your email account broken into? Or your identity stolen and had to deal
by einpoklum 4y ago
> Malware can indeed be worse than hell. Have you ever had your bank account hacked? Or your email account broken into? Or your identity stolen and had to deal with dozens of credit cards being registered and then hit the limit under your name?
To be honest - as an older-phone user, that's part of why I never access email on my phone, nor my bank account. I see my phone as something that's basically insecure, and take into account (no pun intended) the possibility that other people will be able to access its contents.
I realize, though, that many old phone users don't hold this view necessarily.
- commandersaki 4y agoYour phone (Android or iOS) is probably more secure than your desktop when it comes to accessing bank or email. It's more hardened and locked down.
- einpoklum 4y agoMy phone has a large amount of software written and installed by Google and by Xiaomi, both of which I absolutely don't trust; and it also has software which I do trust - but trust to spy on me, like Meta's WhatsApp...
- danuker 4y agoCount me in the same bucket. But this is informed risk analysis, something a typical non-techie could not or would not have time to do.