ELI5. Why can’t phones get viruses from websites that normal computers do? And why don’t computers use whatever technology the phones operating systems use?
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Computers can’t “get viruses from websites”, if you by that mean just by visiting a website. If you download an executable file from an unknown website, run it ignoring all warnings, then you get a virus. It’s not the same thing as just visiting a website. You can also get a virus on a phone if you “sideload” an unknown app that you find on a website.
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