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To add to grecy's comment:

Your login Keychain is usually unlocked - it's encrypted with a key derived from your password that's held in memory from when you log in.

You can lock your login Keychain (or any other) from Keychain Acccess (/Applications/Utilities) or from the security menu bar item (if you have it added) and you'll be asked for the password rather than asked to "allow" it.



Ahh ok, subtle distinction. Thanks for clearing that up. :)




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