How do I turn off password at login?

I'm using OS X Mavericks 10.9
Every time my machine goes to sleep, upon waking it prompts me for a password. I have selected in System Preference / Security & Privacy that it should ask my for my password after 1 hour. It doesn't wait 1 one hour. And I don't see any checkbox (which I'm assuming has been removed in OS X 10.9) to not require any password at all.
Any tips / help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance-
blarinf

Its not only a matter of other people, but also any software-based threats or even mishaps. For instance, there are some Terminal commands that can be executed by a program, script, or even another user that require authentication. If you do not have a password set then these can be executed directly with administrative privileges. Some of these can be disastrous to the system if used incorrectly.
I agree for the most part if your system is fairly isolated then this is not much of an issue, but there is the rare possibility of malware or simple user mistakes that a good password helps guard against.

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