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Does Chrome ask for your admin password on install? How does Chrome even get permission to modify that /var symlink?
by someguydave 7y ago
Does Chrome ask for your admin password on install? How does Chrome even get permission to modify that /var symlink?
- cj 7y agoYes, installing Chrome requires an admin password.
- someguydave 7y agoThanks for directly answering my question. I think it is fraud to coerce a password out of a user under the pretense of installation and then retain and use admin privileges for other purposes without further user acknowledgement.
- magicalist 7y ago> How does Chrome even get permission to modify that /var symlink? >> The specific conditions required for the Chrome update to make this change are: >> SIP must be disabled (or not present, as is the case pre-OS X 10.11) >> The root directory, /, must be writable by the logged-in user >> ...