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So is everyone just out here with tonnes of malware on their phone? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I know for a fact most people click every link they receive, or I wouldn't get so much mandatory security training at work, so if millions of people are just walking around after downloading random PDFs and word documents from their email onto their phone, what does this mean?

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[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 39 points 11 months ago

Mostly in the form of OEM-installed data collection/"analytics", but yeah.

Probably a lot of people install sketchy apps from Google Play too. Apple's not immune but it's a lot harder, you basically have to be pissing off a government. If you are then it's still entirely possible you're 0-click owned without ever noticing.