Richard P. wrote:
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.
Yes, that is pretty much the way my thinking went.
I'm sure I'm hopelessly old fashioned in this, but I'm still cautious of
outside sources doing stuff I didn't ask it to do. Yes, I know there's
the OS and applications that check for new versions all the time. But
Google is making a point of saying you can't use Google Earth unless you
agree to run their updater. I think all the other updaters on my
computer can easily be turned off.
Thanks
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?
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