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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Mar 2016

    Google Chrome on OS X also installs Google Search, Google Drive, Gmail, & YouTube apps. Malware is as malware does.pic.twitter.com/c2xVSmEMnj

    7:02 AM - 11 Mar 2016
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        “I do not want these extra Google apps on my system. I did not want them to be installed…” http://superuser.com/questions/996729/how-do-i-remove-chromes-bundled-apps-from-mac-os-x-and-the-launchpad-gmail-go … #google #malware

        4 replies 8 retweets 10 likes
      3. Marco Hengstenberg‏ @nice2meatu 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral So, is this only on Yosemite or something? I even got Canary and nothing was installed on top of Chrome.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @nice2meatu

        @nice2meatu Quite possibly only Yosemite+. Not sure.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Marco Hengstenberg‏ @nice2meatu 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Mhm, I'm on El Capitan and it did not install anything extra. May be they changed this again? Dunno.

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      2. Yasha Levine‏Verified account @yashalevine 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Wait, as a bundle? Hahaha.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @yashalevine

        @yashalevine Yep.

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      2. John Ossoway‏ @ottomancer 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral is this a recent thing? I have Chrome on OSX but none of those other apps.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @ottomancer

        @ottomancer I believe so. Found a superuser article (tweeted) from about 4 months ago. Only noticed today in Launchpad (don’t use it often)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Kian Lim ‏ @XCool 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Chrome auto-updates (aka call home), had to set a certain folder to read-only to prevent that @ottomancer

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jérémie Fontana‏ @skynebula 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Where did you get that? When I download Chrome I only get this…pic.twitter.com/TIPOOKTEfb

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @skynebula

        @SkyNebula When did you install Chrome? Recently? Look in Launchpad. (See http://superuser.com/questions/996729/how-do-i-remove-chromes-bundled-apps-from-mac-os-x-and-the-launchpad-gmail-go …)

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      4. Jérémie Fontana‏ @skynebula 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Ah, true. I looked only in the Applications folder, not the Launchpad… -_-

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Scott Menor‏Verified account @smenor 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral «do no ev.. aw fuck it»

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      2. ravi‏ @ravmania 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @eric_analytics if by install you mean adds shortcuts to websites with custom icons

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      3. Eric Young‏ @ericyoung_1 11 Mar 2016
        Replying to @ravmania

        @ravmania @aral no. It actually installs within the system. And they're not easily deletable This is arguably malware

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      1. Jim Morrison  🚀‏ @jimbomorrison 11 Mar 2016
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        @aral does it? These are shortcuts?

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      1. Que ruede la corona  ❤️ 💛 💜‏ @pablopunk 11 Mar 2016
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        @aral are not those the webapps you hace installed on chrome?

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      1. Lepelaar‏ @Lepelaar 11 Mar 2016
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        @aral What are you nagging about? Isn't that great service? LOL

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