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[someguydave]

Does Chrome ask for your admin password on install? How does Chrome even get permission to modify that /var symlink?

[cj → someguydave]

Yes, installing Chrome requires an admin password.

[someguydave → cj]

Thanks 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 → someguydave]

> 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

>> ...