Living with Other Plug-ins
So far, we have covered almost all general-purpose browser plug-ins in use today. Although there is a long tail of specialized or experimental plug-ins, their use is fairly insignificant and not something that we need to take into account when surveying the overall health of the online ecosystem.
Well, with one exception. An unspecified but probably significant percentage of online users can be expected to have an assortment of web-exposed browser plug-ins or ActiveX controls that they never knowingly installed, or that they were forced to install even though it’s doubtful that they would ever benefit from the introduced functionality.
This inexcusable practice is sometimes embraced by otherwise reputable and trusted companies. ...
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