Strange folder on desktop after Big Sur 11.3 update

I’ve had a relocated items folder on my desktop after an upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.4

i was wondering if it’s something to do with my VPN? I use Nord.

There are four pages of answers as to what that folder is, and none of them suggest it has anything to do with a VPN because it doesn't.

I’m concerned about phishing attacks, is it safe or best to delete this folder as a previous user/poster has suggested?

Neither deleting it nor keeping it will alter your susceptibility to phishing.

On this Mac this was the explanation given.

I had seen this before and I didn't do anything about it and system functiond well.

What's the solution for this?

The only question I would like to know, is why this has never been an issue before in any Mac OSX and Apple have to create an issue without any explanation?

[Edit: deleted because duplicate]

I’ve done that, and it’s not an avenue of response so, we get to express on here 😀

martin from wrote:

we get to express on here 😀

Of course, but you are only talking to other users like yourself instead of to Apple.

Fair point, however, why can't Apple adapt to work with the real world instead of creating a problem, which has not existed before?

Of course Apple is here, they just don't show their hand :)

Sorry, not correct: I just upgraded to 11.3.1 - and the file "group.system_default" is clearly from the system accounts.

OSX system accounts are grouped into security groups (hence the file is called group). Open with TextEdit.

It has nothing to do with cloud providers: (the first lines copied below)

##

# Group Database

#

# Note that this file is consulted directly only when the system is running

# in single-user mode. At other times this information is provided by

# Open Directory.

#

# See the opendirectoryd(8) man page for additional information about

# Open Directory.

##

nobody:*:-2:

nogroup:*:-1:

wheel:*:0:root