# Hole in safari could allow people to steal your info **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221 "2009-01-13T07:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221/1 "2009-01-13T07:00:29Z")
> **[Safari RSS Flaw Could Expose Personal Data Risks](https://www.tuaw.com/2009/01/13/safari-rss-vulnerability-might-reveal-your-personal-data/)** > > Discover critical Safari security flaws affecting macOS and Windows, and learn how to protect your data with alternative RSS handlers. > When reports of security issues in Apple’s [Safari](http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Safari/) browser come over the transom, they get our attention. When they’re exploitable in both the Mac and Windows versions of Safari, they get our full and undivided attention. When the person reporting them is [Brian Mastenbrook](http://brian.mastenbrook.net/display/27) (credited with discovering [multiple](http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163) [previous](http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1457) vulnerabilities in Mac OS X)… well, someone shut off that damn klaxon and let us get back to work. In this case, the issue is that a hole in Safari’s handling of RSS feeds could allow an attacker (via a malicious web page) to capture a user’s personal information, cookies or even passwords… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221/2 "2009-01-13T07:00:53Z")
Apple sucks! ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221/3 "2009-01-13T07:01:34Z")
Its amazing how many holes people find once normal people begin to use a product ---
**Author:** ![70Mach1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/70mach1/32/5323_2.png) [@70Mach1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/70Mach1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221/4 "2009-01-13T07:04:41Z")
I hate apples and macs…PC ALL THE WAY…i do technical support for a internet company and macs are the worst, whoever invented these should be shot ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221/5 "2009-01-13T07:06:22Z")
> [@70Mach1](#): > > I hate apples and macs…PC ALL THE WAY…i do technical support for a internet company and macs are the worst, whoever invented these should be shot :roflpicard: Maybe you’re bad at tech support? ---
**Author:** ![70Mach1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/70mach1/32/5323_2.png) [@70Mach1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/70Mach1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hole-in-safari-could-allow-people-to-steal-your-info/61221/6 "2009-01-13T07:09:12Z")
lol no its just macs and dialup internet dont do well together :/… or maybe its just trying to walk old people through a mac and thats why they seem shitty?