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		Scapeghost on Sept 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink o... I would change that to just /Library/Google/ to prevent Google from putting ANYthing outside its .app bundle or the normal user preferences folders.

saagarjha on Sept 25, 2019 [–]

TIL that Google puts a "brand" code in that folder to identify how you downloaded Chrome.

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