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This seems no longer true with apples imessage 0 click example [0] for instance. Perhaps you can say using iPhone and iOS which has such a crazy bug is user negligency .

- [0] - https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/19/zero-click-imessage-exploit/

This is nothing new, back in Windows 95 days you could run arbitrary code on a machine just by sending network data.

It is also the kind of bugs that tend to get fixed fast once they are discovered.

The biggest attack vector has for many years been user negligence like randomly opening email attachments, following strange links or just click yes on any pop up.

following strange links or just click yes on any pop up

If a system security can be compromised just by clicking strange links and clicking "yes" to pop-ups, then the system is to blame, not the user.

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