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From what I've read (I don't live in Massachusetts), the app is installed via the auto update channel, but it explicitly asks permission to activate. If you th
by pharrington 5y ago
From what I've read (I don't live in Massachusetts), the app is installed via the auto update channel, but it explicitly asks permission to activate.
If you think this is bad, the commercial apps that have been auto-installing for years, without notifying the user, should have you throwing a conniption.
- arpstick 5y agoI live in MA, i had no prompt asking me to activate this at all. it was silently installed without any notice. this isn't an auto update, this was an unsolicited app install.
- dsr_ 5y agoSame here.
- tyingq 5y agoI also see lots of comments that it doesn't create a visible icon, that you have to go to the applications list to see it. That seems shady.
- pharrington 5y agomea culpa, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27560468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27560468