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Story: Apple dismisses Safari vulnerability claims

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Posted by: John Molloy (Friday 16 May 2008, 5:44 PM)

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Bit Odd to be honest

"Safari users risk littering their desktops with malicious software because the browser does not ask for user permission when downloading files in the way Firefox and Internet Explorer do, a security researcher said on Thursday."

These days most files download to the DOWNLOADS folder and not the desktop...

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