Federighi basically says iOS users need to be more protected because the Mac is a specialist tool for people who know how to navigate the complexities of a powerful system, while the iPhone and iPad are - literally - for babies. Still, it’s fair to say phones have become many people’s all-purpose digital lockboxes. That may undersell private interactions with Macs Epic’s counsel Yonatan Even noted that many telemedicine calls and other virtual interactions happen on desktop. “All of these things make access or control of these devices potentially incredibly valuable to an attacker.” Mobile devices put a camera, microphone, and GPS tracker in your pocket. They have some of your most personal information - of course your contacts, your photos, but also other things,” he said. They are very personal devices that are with you all the time. The second difference is data sensitivity. “iOS users are just accustomed to getting apps all the time,” he said, citing Apple’s old catchphrase: “There’s an app for that.” Federighi argued iOS users are also much more casual about downloading software, giving attackers better odds of luring them into a download. Far more people use iPhones than Macs, and the more users a platform gets, the more enticing that audience becomes to malware developers. Federighi outlined three main differences between iOS and macOS.
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