Why aren’t computer-viruses as common on cell phones as they are on PCs?
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Frankly, I think it’s because of Windows.
Android and iOS devices run on Linux/UNIX. These operating systems are much, much more secure than Windows.
Windows still runs on some very old code that was originally written in the 80s and 90s. To this day, there are ways of breaking into Windows systems that haven’t been addressed for decades. For example, when booting into safe mode, it is possible to replace the on-screen keyboard app with a copy of Command Prompt in Windows’ files. When you boot the machine normally, you can access the “on-screen keyboard” without logging in. Now that you’ve replaced it with Command Prompt, you have direct access to enable the default administrator account and get in without ever cracking the owner’s account. This method of bypassing Windows security has existed for as long as I can remember. It’s shockingly bad.
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