Comment Re:It's not always about money (Score 2) 43
Andrew Wakefield the asshole who helped push the whole MMR vaccine cause autism conspiracy had plans to launch a different vaccine, so money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Assuming you're not using one of the cheap chinese phones which are pre-loaded with spyware. I think a smart phone is much less likely to be compromised than a PC (or mac) where apps aren't up to date and people download random bullshit from the internet.
I remember working support 25 years ago and there was a segment of users that would type URLs into search engines and click on sponsored links and end up on random websites. I can't imagine that has changed.
I'd much rather my non-technical family & friends use a tablet or smartphone and a banking app than us a computer and a web browser.
The easiest way to figure the cost of living is to take your income and add ten percent.