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   David Brooks to Jolly Roger   
   Re: Are iPhones subject to ransomware at   
   17 Mar 24 23:32:51   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: BDB@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 17/03/2024 23:16, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > On 2024-03-17, Sten deJoode  wrote:   
   >> On 16 Mar 2024 15:35:32 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> To be successfully attacked by malware, a Mac user must interactively   
   >>>>> download the malware to their computer   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's dead wrong.   
   >>>   
   >>> Nope, it's correct.   
   >>   
   >> No Jolly Roger. You're dead wrong.   
   >   
   > Nope, I'm right.   
   >   
   > FACT: All platforms have zero days.   
      
   Agreed. Hence the need to run anti-malware software on Apple devices?   
      
   > The only reason you are trying to single Apple out is to troll.   
      
   If you choose NOT to do employ anti-malware software, how do you avoid   
   "interactively downloading malware to your computer" if you do not   
   recognise it as such? It may be well obfuscated and/or trick you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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