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		waterside81 on March 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mountain Lion now protects your contacts Maybe the sand boxing being enforced in mountain lion prevents apps from directly accessing the file?

krakensden on March 17, 2012 [–]

unless you install it from the web, which would be the vector for any malicious application

Zirro on March 17, 2012 | [–]

I wrote a response to gshephard above (or below, if the posts move around) which I believe is fairly accurate, trying to address this.

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