On 2015-03-07 15:00, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > So you did not notice the explanation that this would happen, right > there on the "continue the install" permission dialog? > > The one we can see a screenshot of at, say: > > http://ift.tt/1BVFk1Q > > Your description rather strongly implies that you have no choice in > getting the Ask toolbar, which is untrue. > > I understand that Mac users will likely not be _accustomed_ to such > permissions for _additional_ software, over and above the actual > software that they thought they were installing, being requested, BUT > unlike your description above and Ed Bott's at ZDNet (referenced in > another post in this thread), the user is actually given the choice to > not install the extra offer. > > Of course, questions as to the desirability of the option being > pre-selected, and the possibly less than fully transparent directions > about the necessity of the offer are much the same with the Mac version > and the Windows version, whose permission dialog you can see here: > Unfortunately for Apple and for Mac users in general, Mac users are going to have to learn that the main security issue on Windows exists in OSX too: The user. The only real thing that has kept OSX safe from user-installed malware until now is the relative obscurity of OSX; as OSX gains enough market share to be worth malware author's time, we'll see more and more malware, ranging from bundleware that replaces user preference with a particular corporate interest, right up to full on trojans.
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