Keychain - why does every program want to access it?

After I set-up MobileMe on my new Mac Mini, every program is now asking for access to the keychain? Whether I approve or deny does not seem to make a difference. Why is this happening now since installing MobileMe and why do the programs need to access it each time? Is there any way to disable this or grant approval so I don't get bombarded by window pop-ups each time a program is started?

Can you give some examples of every program please. Applications such as email, IM etc use it to store passwords and usernames so that's normal. Are there abnormal programs requesting access?

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