My first thought is "No thank you". My second thought is "can I disable the background updater after downloading". Let us know what you end up doing.
Richard P. > I haven't used any Google software on my Mac in a while so maybe this is > already an old issue, but I downloaded Google Earth 5.0 and got this on > installation: > > "Google Software Update is about to be installed. > This software will update any Google software on your computer when new > versions become available. Google Software Update verifies updates and is > safer than downloading files from the Internet yourself. > > To continue using Google Earth, you must accept the new Google privacy > policies and allow Google Software Update to run in the background on your > computer." > > Any thoughts on how threatening this kind of intrusiveness is? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
