There are more Android users than Apple users worldwide. Lots of them are not very tech savvy, but they don’t get tricked into installing random apps. You can’t even do that unless you go into settings and enable third-party app installs. I don’t think it’s really a big problem like you think it is
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stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months agoThe issue is for the technically illiterate it’s often not nearly as intentional.
No one reads pop ups or warnings, they just click ok when they’re told.
camelbeard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Mac has a good-ish solution where you need to go into settings to allow unapproved apps.
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
Apple does that for enterprise profiles and vpn profiles on the iPhone. Guaranteed you can talk most people into doing that without much trouble.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You can trick anyone into doing stupid things. That’s why scam and phishing exists. I also remember tricking kids on counterstrike to format their C: drive to “activate cheaters”
stevehobbes@lemy.lol 8 months ago
Sure, but it’s infinitely harder on iOS to install malware, I’m sure you’d agree.
It’s also easier to track down the publisher of a scam app to figure out who’s doing the scamming.
Simply put, I have less to worry about with older folks in my life using iOS than something else.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 months ago
You dick.
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not that great of a solution, though. I dunno if anyone remembers but, when Gatekeeper (the interface to do this) first was added to MacOS, it was in response to a malware “virus scanner” that was out called MacKeeper. It was advertised as a malware scanner/Mac maintenance tool but it was just an ad platform that would inject all kinds of crap into your browser and run all kinds of keyloggers and things in the background.
As soon as Gatekeeper was released, the MacKeeper website made a specific page that had step-by-step instructions for how to disable Gatekeeper and it would prompt you to visit the page if MacKeeper ever made it onto your system. If you ever re-enabled it, it would prompt you to disable again and show you the instructions.
It’s an endless cat and mouse game. The only way this works is if they put it in as a multi-step terminal process. Novice users will not fuck with the terminal unless they know what they’re doing and are comfortable with the consequences.