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1) Ask Toolbar is about as mild a bundle-in as it gets. 2) You can set Java update mode to manual. 3) Chrome (and possibly another browser) asks permission be
by magoon 14y ago
1) Ask Toolbar is about as mild a bundle-in as it gets.
2) You can set Java update mode to manual.
3) Chrome (and possibly another browser) asks permission before using Java on any page, so I consider it a low-risk vector for drive-bys.
- ihsw 14y ago1 and 2 are opt-out while 3 is opt-in, they should all be opt-in.
- Karunamon 14y agoAbsolutely disagree on #2. The application should not have to ask for permission to update, especially given the security climate that Java lives in. If you have to ask the average user for permission to update, updates won't get done. It's that simple. Oracle should take a page from Chrome's book, here. Update silently in the background, and then notify if a restart or a relaunch is required to effect the change.