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Safari Downloads Websites Resources Without Permission

cyberinsecure.com — Apple's Safari browser doesn ’t bother to ask for user permission before downloading resources from websites. When encountering malicious iframes and other scripts, the browser obediently does what the website tells it to do

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  • str3ama, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4You have IE for Windows, and Safari for OSx - both are crap when you compare it to Firefox or Opera.
  • thesaleminsider, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Great article
  • eminiguy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1And that piece of news comes from the website that does not even support IE. Now, that must be one hell of an unbiased piece of work.

    Safari is incredibly fast and I use it when it matters, FF may still be better than Safari, but only because of its add-ons. I use Crazy Browser most of the time and it's good enough for what I need.
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