Why iTunes constantly asks for permission?

"Do you want the application “iTunes.app” to accept incoming network connections?"
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Home Sharing is not turned on in iTunes12.

I've had this problem for ages but as I leave my iMac on just about all the time with iTunes running it wasn't much of a bother to keep clicking on the Allow button. I had tried reinstalling iTunes many times but to no avail. I finally got tired of it and spent some time researching the Internet and finally found the answer. As usual the caveat regarding backups applies. If you don't have a backup, don't do it. 
The following terminal command and output shows that the "Signing" of iTunes is valid. You don't need to do this to solve the problem but it will tell you if there is one. 
iTunes is OK
~ : codesign -v --verbose /Applications/iTunes.app 
/Applications/iTunes.app: valid on disk
/Applications/iTunes.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement
Itunes is NOT OK
~ : codesign -v --verbose /Applications/iTunes.app
/Applications/iTunes.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid
In architecture: i386
resource added: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/DevicePrefsMobileMe.n ib/objects.xib
resource added: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc
resource added: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/SmartPlaylist.nib/obj ects.xib
Or some such similar output.
If it isn't it will tell you by usually listing a bunch of files as above which have been moved into the iTunes.app container which don't belong. They possibly could be from older versions of iTunes. Don't know for sure but for whatever reason they mess up the "Signing". The easiest way to correct this is to delete the iTunes app by first selecting it in the Finder and opening the Information window. Go down to the Sharing & Permissions section, click on the Padlock symbol and enter your administrator password, set all the Privileges to Read & Write for all users and then close the Info window. Move the iTunes app to the Trash and then empty the Trash. Download the latest version of iTunes and install it. Your "Do you want to allow..." dialogue window should disappear!

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