Symantec, publishers of the Norton range of computer security products, have teamed up with Ask.com. The installation of Norton products now pressurises the user to install the Ask toolbar.
My view is that whether or not the toolbar is a good thing, anything additional to the core functioning of a software package should be on a strictly 'opt-in' basis. I run Mozilla Firefox with the McAfee Site Advisor extension. I have chosen to do this. Pre-empting a user's choice through implementing an 'acceptance by default' policy (or worse, forcing the issue by providing no choice) is an infringement on that user's rights.
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