OSX security issue

you don't want to be TOTALLY desensitized about entering your password for every little thing.

I think it's fine, especially if it did ask you before installing.

I'm not sure what the rules are for what installations require passwords and which don't. If this was just a browser plugin it might be a bit different than other installs.

EDIT: btw, this would have been better posted in the OS X forum : \

 

I'm no expert on this either, but the plugin won't need your password as it won't require read/write access to your HDD. It can't really be very malicious if it can't read or write to your files.

 

It only needs your password to install something to a location your user can't normally write to.

If your account is an admin account, then you can write to /Applications without authenticating. The plug-in could also be installed to your account's Library, which also wouldn't need a password, even if you aren't running an admin account.

You may want to consider creating a separate administrator account, and making the one you're using a plain old user.