[Leroy S. Mort]

Apple was notified of this flaw on June 17th. Hopefully a fix is forthcoming. Til then Safari users might be wise to disable AutoFill.

[Spktyr]

Autofill is dangerous on any browser. Aside from the various remote hacks that have happened over the years, any casual passer-by can strip things like credit card numbers and other personal data from your machine if left alone with it for a few minutes - if Autofill is on.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

This cannot be! OSX and Safari are the safest things ever, they are invulnerable, nothing can access your information or compromise the system at all!

Next you're going to say that the App Store does not allow apps which do something other than what they purport to do!

HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THE INVINCIBILITY OF APPLE!

/sarc

[rightwingextremist1776]

That damn unsecure Microsoft again!

[kevkrom]

The headline is misleading. The flaw does not provide access to the “Mac OS X address book”, it can gain access to some of the information off of a single address book record (the user’s own), assuming the user has certain options enabled.