No, they're not. And by saying that, you're proven why the "fight" will also result in the other side winning. Ignorant, pedantic, arrogant, and entitled technical people vs the rest.
99.9% of scams on Android/iOS happen by making people install remote assistance apps from... the "100% safe" app stores. So, no, you're completely wrong.
Of course they are edge cases. How many people do you think install third-party apps on Android? Pretty sure hardly anyone does that.
Also, Windows works pretty well with software from third-party sources, or would you forbid them in Windows as well? Sure, there are the occasional crypto scams which disable a hospital here and there, but this can arguably be prevented by not giving non-admins admin permissions.
> Of course they are edge cases. How many people do you think install third-party apps on Android? Pretty sure hardly anyone does that.
Yeah, which is why no one with any sense is going to be fighting againist this. Third-party installs on Android are largely scams. I don't think you've thought this through.
> Also, Windows works pretty well with software from third-party sources, or would you forbid them in Windows as well?
Windows is well known for being insecure compared to others. Apple have also worked to secure users against third-party apps.
> Sure, there are the occasional crypto scams which disable a hospital here and there, but this can arguably be prevented by not giving non-admins admin permissions.
Don't they use local privilege escalation attacks as part of the attack?
No, they're not. And by saying that, you're proven why the "fight" will also result in the other side winning. Ignorant, pedantic, arrogant, and entitled technical people vs the rest.
99.9% of scams on Android/iOS happen by making people install remote assistance apps from... the "100% safe" app stores. So, no, you're completely wrong.
Of course they are edge cases. How many people do you think install third-party apps on Android? Pretty sure hardly anyone does that.
Also, Windows works pretty well with software from third-party sources, or would you forbid them in Windows as well? Sure, there are the occasional crypto scams which disable a hospital here and there, but this can arguably be prevented by not giving non-admins admin permissions.
> Of course they are edge cases. How many people do you think install third-party apps on Android? Pretty sure hardly anyone does that.
Yeah, which is why no one with any sense is going to be fighting againist this. Third-party installs on Android are largely scams. I don't think you've thought this through.
> Also, Windows works pretty well with software from third-party sources, or would you forbid them in Windows as well?
Windows is well known for being insecure compared to others. Apple have also worked to secure users against third-party apps.
> Sure, there are the occasional crypto scams which disable a hospital here and there, but this can arguably be prevented by not giving non-admins admin permissions.
Don't they use local privilege escalation attacks as part of the attack?