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It's actually easier for an attacker on desktops/laptops. Phones have excellent sandboxing and defenses by comparison.

The ideal attacker would find a way to silently steal a credential (e.g. session cookie) from your phone, then use it on a different device. That's not going to be something that makes a lot of noise on your device itself.



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