> Good point. This is the discovery mechanism that iTunes uses to share music
> on the subnet.

Except that I have no need for this and Apple thinks it below them to
even deign to ask the lowly user if they don't want to install
Bonjour.

> If the iTunes installer starting dropping patches into other applications
> without warning, this would be another thing, but they do not do that.

It already does this with Bonjour.  It installs a networking component
directly into Windows without any prior warning.  That's taking pages
from the Real Player handbook.

> This M$ intrusion and Sony's root-kit exploit are the only cases I know of
> where a major software company had the balls to try something like this.

**cough** SAFARI  **cough**  The Annoyances page that John links to
has a comment from the author about MobileMe doing the same thing.


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