It's proper Netiquette to protect data with passwords. NetworkEtiquette.net
Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause; that long held way of doing things.
(n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
If your password encrypts your history then its a PASTWORD
Big Brother fills us all with the same crap. My guess is he was clever the same way everybody thinks they're clever. I tell her to type in 'password