~/Applications without authorization of the Admin Setup, how?

I just went through a program installation and the end of it, he asked my admin password that I do not give (I clicked Cancel), and yet it remains installed successfully to ~ / Applications.

~/Applications is locked in 'Read only' without an Admin password. How does it work? I'm guessing that if the system has the required permissions, it can install in ~ / Applications, which makes me wonder why he asked my password in the first place?

Hello polarrrbear,

Unless you have made specific changes to permissions on the folder, any user who is a member of the admin (default setting) group can write to the folder. There are some risks to it security. While it is just to have a file in / applications will trigger any execution, there are always a few things that malicious applications can use to fool you by throwing. Here is an example: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/08/pcvark-plays-dirty/

I suggest you contact Apple directly on this subject through your comments: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

or bug report: https://bugreport.apple.com/

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