An article for The Washington Post recently discussed whether websites or apps provide better security and privacy. While there wasn't a unanimous answer, most experts generally favoured using websites.
However, this doesn't mean that using apps should be discouraged. For instance, for occasional purchases from unfamiliar companies or when browsing for insurance, a company's website is deemed safer to use than its app. Websites generally outperform apps in terms of security and privacy, as apps have the potential to collect more personal information and share it with third parties. That said, well-designed apps are still good at safeguarding security and privacy. The challenge is distinguishing between which apps are good and which ones are bad.
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