alt Hacker NewsYes, I do believe from the bottom of my heart the users trust the operating systems they use. Apple and Google have done a great job at security and privacy which is why it seems like users don't care. It's like complaining why you have a system administrator if the servers are never down. When things are run well the average person seems ignorant of the problems.
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They used Windows XP when it was a security nightmare and many used it long after EOL. I just talked to someone whose had 4 bank cards compromised in as many months who is almost certainly doing something wrong.
> which is why it seems like users don't care.
...and not because, in truth, they don't care?
How would we even know if people distrusted a company like Microsoft or Meta? Both companies are so deeply-entrenched that you can't avoid them no matter how you feel about their privacy stance. The same goes for Apple and Google, there is no "greener grass" alternative to protest the surveillance of Push Notifications or vulnerability to Pegasus malware.
Google certainly hasn't done a great job on privacy. Android devices leak so much information.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone...
https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-u...
About Apple I just don't know enough because I haven't seriously used them for years