ITunes always prompts me for my password... Twice

Any time I open iTunes, it will prompt me for my password. I click cancel, and after a few seconds it prompts me again.
I want to disable this prompting, ideally permanently.
Anyone know how?
P.S. I don't need a lecture on security. Thanks!

i think it's just because of security and that it is really you in your itunes account and not a hacker

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