ELi5: Why are PC webcams much more susceptible to hacking compared to modern smartphones?

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Is there a difference on the Mac side of things?
Does Android and iPhone deal with this in the same way or differently?

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Another thing that I didn’t see really mentionned here is how safe app store and play store are, they are basically the only place where the average user download exectuables from, all apps there are scanned against malwares before being allowed for the public to download. Sure you have APKs for androids, but your regular Joe doesn’t even know how to download a third party app on his phone. Computers tho? Most people download exes from websites to run softwares, which don’t go through any checks except for antiviruses, which aren’t that hard to bypass. Crypters sell for 100$ and they are good enough when they are firstly released.

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