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charcircuittoday at 10:06 AM2 repliesview on HN

Take for example iOS and Android. All apps are sandboxed by default. You can't make a program that just steals all of your credentials like you can on desktop Linux. Having security tools means nothing if they aren't being used.


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hu3today at 12:27 PM

No one is running npm in Android or iOS.

A more apt comparison is vs Windows and macOS.

And Linux offer more than these two with regards to security.

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PunchyHamstertoday at 12:29 PM

Android is running Linux...

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