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Automatically downloads and installs updates

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Contributed by: AJJX Friday, April 24 2009 @ 11:49 PM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

Note that Silverlight, by default, not only checks for newer versions of itself (which is typical for most apps) but actually downloads and installs them. You have to change it to "check but let me choose".

http://www.microsoft.com/Silverlight/resources/Privacy.aspx?v=1.0

Presumably you're going to get a Mac OS X admin authentication dialog, but still.

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Yes, send all information to MS which even Apple doesn't want - Ilgaz

Did you actually see what is being sent to MS for their "online update" mechanism? Trust me, even Apple, vendor of hardware and OS X doesn't ask for such information. They do all UI tricks to make it completely opt-in.

MS added that preference because they figured a privacy lawsuit or scandal coming. Version 1 sends all data without even asking you.

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Sunday, April 26 2009 @ 05:25 AM PDT