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> The point is that keeping sensitive data on the average person's computer, on the state that those are (loaded with all kinds of crap programs, clicking on wh
by lapcat 4y ago
> The point is that keeping sensitive data on the average person's computer, on the state that those are (loaded with all kinds of crap programs, clicking on whatever shady links, frequently duped for the most BS malware and spyware, and so on), is a bad idea.
This is fearmongering exaggeration.
In any case, no, the point you made, which I responded to, was "The desktop has the luxury to afford not being as secure as your phone". But it doesn't have such a supposedly luxury, because a lot of people in fact do what you claim (absurdly) they shouldn't: store sensitive information on their desktop.
> Not so weird considering that for phones an internet backup comes as a one-click built-in operation on by default for many things, whereas for computers those options all require user activity, third party peripherals or accounts, and so on.
For better or worse, Apple pushes iCloud by default on Mac just as much as on iPhone, so there's no difference.
- coldtea 4y ago>This is fearmongering exaggeration. And this is where we disagree. Ask anyone working on desktop computer support, and you'll be surprised. >In any case, no, the point you made, which I responded to, was "The desktop has the luxury to afford not being as secure as your phone". That's an additional point I've made. You know, comments can have more than one. And I also stand by that comment: the phone is more tied to one's identity, often used as proof of identity for many services, and has access to more sensitive data and function than the desktop (from personal pictures, to a person's every voice conversation - which a compromised phone can eavesdrop-, and their every movement, plus, nowadays the best part of their social media use and chats). Heck, the phone, via PIN and the like, is also used to verify a user on the desktop, for increasingly more services.