: How are phones so resistant to virus’s but usually computers arent?
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They’re not. You, the user, simply don’t have such easy access to malicious software on your phone as you do your computer.
If you started installing apps outside the app store/Google Play/etc, especially if you were downloading them from shady sources, you could very easily infect your phone with malware.
Imagine you have two restaurants in town: one is extremely diligent about food safety and where they source their ingredients, the other is super lax about such things.
Would it be a mystery why significantly more people get sick eating at the second restaurant? No, that restaurant will let people eat anything. If you want a sketchy cut of steak at the first restaurant you’ve got to bring it from home, sneak in the side door, and tell the cook “Just cook it for me and I’ll sign this waiver that says I accept the risk of me getting sick.”
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