{"id":1230,"date":"2012-06-25T16:31:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T23:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brainlitter.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2012-06-25T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T23:31:30","slug":"not-so-fast-apple-sneaky-but-you-were-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2012\/06\/25\/not-so-fast-apple-sneaky-but-you-were-caught\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so fast Apple.  Sneaky, but you were caught\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been saying it for a decade or more. OF COURSE MAC\u2019s can get viruses. The reason they didn\u2019t is when they owned 0.005% of the industry, the script kiddies didn\u2019t care about attacking them, because there would be no splash, no notoriety \u2013 because really all it is about for them is ego anyways.\u00a0 In short, nobody cared.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-greenwithenvy\" style=\"border-style: none\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/06\/wlEmoticon-greenwithenvy.png\" alt=\"Green with envy\" \/> Learn More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/258183\/apple_quietly_pulls_claims_of_virus_immunity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Quietly Pulls Claims of Virus Immunity<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, apparently Apple has enough market share now that:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>They have their first (well known) viruses<\/li>\n<li>They have changed their tune \u2013 though they tried really hard to do it discreetly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It\u2019s Okay Apple.\u00a0 I still like my iPad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/06\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/06\/image_thumb1.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"374\" height=\"272\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/06\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2012\/06\/image_thumb2.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"379\" height=\"270\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been saying it for a decade or more. 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