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Once again the alarms are sounding with regards to Apple Safari’s security. Recently it has been found that the Safari’s RSS feeds are not safe to use, both on the Mac and PC. This application is vulnerable to hacker attacks and it can allow any malicious web site to bring you some really serious repercussions when using Safari to capture RSS feeds.

Once trapped by the malicious site the hackers can read files on your hard disk drive. This can lead to the access to sensitive information such as e-mails, passwords, cookies or any other private data. Even the whole user account can be taken in control by the intruders and the whole process is completely transparent to the user. The interesting fact is that this security loophole has been identified by Apple itself but it hasn’t been fixed till now. So it’s highly recommended not to use Safari for RSS.

The problem is believed to be emerged due to some issues with the Apple’s Webkit. This is because the OmniWeb users are also in the danger zone. OmniWeb is the browser used in Mac machines, like the Apple MacBook, and uses the WebKit rendering engine. RSS Feeds were introduced in Safari in 2004 but this is the first time that it has also joined the family of vulnerable applications.

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RSS feeds are one of the most needed functions of a web browser. As it keeps the users updated about the new content automatically the RSS are widely used by many Internet users nowadays. Thus it’s important to have a proper RSS management system as at a large scale it becomes very tangled and messy to deal with multiple RSS feeds.

Just like the other web browsers such as Firefox and IE, Safari also offers an excellent way to deal with RSS or XML feeds. It offers both the RSS shortcuts as well as a detailed panel to manage and search for RSS. If a web site offer RSS feeds then the Safari shows the RSS button on the extreme right of the address bar. You can simply click on it to view that particular feed. Wanna go back to the web site, then simply click on the RSS button once again. The one and only issue with the RSS button is that it only shows any one feed at a time. If a website hosts multiple feeds then the RSS button is not suitable for use.

To have a more detailed view of the XML feeds just go to the ‘Bookmark Bar’ under the Bookmarks menu and select ‘View all RSS Articles’ option. You will be redirected to a page where Safari will list all RSS feeds from your Bookmarks menu, Bookmarks bar and Bookmarks library. On the right side there are RSS filters which can be used to sort, find and manage the feeds. This can be tremendously helpful if you want to find a specific topic among your feeds, such as Apple related news, or recent information on Appe products like the Apple MacBook Pro. All you have to do is to simple search for a particular feed in the search bar provided and press enter.

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Apple’s Safar has a lot of modern and practical applications all geared up to give the user a better web browsing experience. Most of these are In-built and come with the browser. Let’s take a look at what’s under the hood:

RSS Features: Safari has a few great thins going for it. For example, you can view RSS feeds right on the browser window. RSS, for the uninitiated is nothing but a very frequently updated feed syndicated from the main site. This information flows in as an when the parent site is updated with new information. Most sites provide you the possibility of syndicating their content and Safari allows you to do it right from the window. It is incredibly easy to subscribe to your favorite website — just type in the website address on the address bar and wait till the page loads. Once it does, an RSS button shows up to the extreme right of the address bar. Click on it — you are now subscribed.

Go Private: If you felt that the browsing session needs a little bit of a security or privacy, you could opt to use the private browsing option to protect yourself from hacking of your personal or business information. For example, if you shop online at an Internet cafe, you can turn on private browsing to prevent any information about the location or the transaction from being stored on the computer to prevent someone finding this information after you finish.

Web Archiving and File Saving: While you are browsing, you are likely to stumble on sites that you might find interesting. Just choose File > Mail Contents of This Page and Safari will put the contents of the webpage in an email in Mail. All you need to do is address the message and send it and If you find a webpage that interests you, you can save it as a “web archive.” This stores all the contents of the webpage on your computer so that you can view it later. Choose File > Save As, and then choose Web Archive from the Format pop-up menu.

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