Password generator
| Label | Value | |
| random |
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| vowel-consonant-vowel |
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| koremutake |
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Q: Is online tool safe for password generator?
A: No! Every tool, including this one, generating sensitive data like passwords or shared secrets must be verified first.
Speaking about online tools, the parts to check follows
- HTTPS is a must, please check the connection bar.
- Respecting privacy, so no mandatory cookies, ads or tracking.
- Does not send anything back, so check the browser's network tab.
- Open Source is a big advantage, this allows anyone to independently verify the code and check the assets matches. Or to self-host.
Do not forget to check a generated password via https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords
Q: What is random?
A: random set of characters. Uses cryptographics random number generator, which uses browser's crypto API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/getRandomValues this is secure and hard to guess password
Q: What is wcw?
A: It's a simplified version of a A Random Word Generator For Pronounceable Passwords National Technical Information Service (NTIS) AD-A-017676, which uses vowel-consonant-vowel generation. It's a slightly less predictable than fully random password, however with numbers, special characters at random places and enough length it is almost impossible to crack.
Q: What is koremutake?
A: It is an algorithm from apg-go, which uses a predefined set of tuples/triples. The slight difference is a coin flip, which either keeps strings as is, change first character to upper case or change all characters to upper case.
Q: What is xkcd algorithm?
This is idea from xkcd comix #936 . The main idea is that joining few common words together makes a password resistant to the brute force, yet memorable.
Q: Should I remember my passwords?
A: No! Use a password manager!