I just sideloaded a applications on windows using a .exe and running through the installation wizard. Microsoft must hate me for not using the Windows Store /s

Not very high, yet.

They will more then likely get higher if following history from the 1973–1974 oil embargo. The effects were delayed.

This is worth a watch, at least the first 2-3 minutes that provides a good summary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXNLaHsKMz8

First 2-3minutes are worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXNLaHsKMz8&t=0

The Strait of Hormuz is not only a shipping route for oil, but also for fertilizers and helium. So things are going to start to get worse before they get better, and the ripple caused by this is slowly starting to hit North America.

Also helium is used in chip manufacturing so DRAM is about to get even a hell of a lot more expensive, then it already is…

Could malware be installed without access to the physical phone? How would this be achieved. Is it with a backdoor from the phone manufacturer or infected somehow from the sim card service provider.