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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Phones can get viruses though browser based exploits. The reason they are somewhat better protected is they didn’t have to worry about backwards compatibility with older software so could implement security features that would break the existing software of desktop OSs and phones also don’t let you access root/admin features which adds an extra layer that viruses need to break while in Windows the default is still to have your user run with admin permissions.
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