{"id":59555,"date":"2018-09-11T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59555"},"modified":"2018-09-11T10:31:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:31:15","slug":"thought-apple-devices-invincible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/thought-apple-devices-invincible\/","title":{"rendered":"And They Thought Apple Devices Were Invincible&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Popular Paid-App, Adware Doctor, Spied on Apple Users<\/h3>\n<p>One of the top five paid apps in the Apple App Store, was accumulating data on its users and sending it overseas.\u00a0 Adware Doctor, previously known as Adware Medic, was the fourth top app in the App store.\u00a0 It portrayed itself as a security product, gaining the trust of its users.\u00a0 It is because of its deceitful name and promises for security, users felt safe granting the app additional permissions, typically not allowed within the App store.\u00a0 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