You should care. If you genuinely forget the password for any data you encrypt, you are now (by precedent) committing a jailable offence. This may extend to h

You should care. If you genuinely forget the password for any data you encrypt, you are now (by precedent) committing a jailable offence. This may extend to holding random data. Since ideal encrypted data is indistinguishable from random: prove that you are not withholding the password. Good luck.