My iPhone 4s (iOS 6) sometimes asks for my password when none is needed.

Cancel works and does not ask again.

General browsing on Safari (not a site where a password is needed). Phone asks for password. Hit cancel, all is good & does not ask again. Another site on Safari, left blank & hit OK. Did not ask again. Latest, after turning on phone and entering passcode to use phone (phone lock passcode needed through all of this), it then (right away) asked for password, twice and responded like above, then said I did not enter proper password and offered a reset option. Hit cancel and did not ask again. I did have a pending text message (not in other cases), but read it after canceling password ask. So far, inconsistent requirement for password.

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