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minus-squareBalder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days ago I don’t trust my mobile - they’re much harder to make private and “yours” than a desktop. Still mobile phones are designed with much more security in mind than desktop environments, and basically everybody has a device.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoSecurity is not everything though, you need to balance it with privacy and independence as well. Which are, indeed, harder on Android.
Still mobile phones are designed with much more security in mind than desktop environments, and basically everybody has a device.
Security is not everything though, you need to balance it with privacy and independence as well. Which are, indeed, harder on Android.