PASSWORD GENERATOR HELP (VANITY)

SELF ^ | 12-4-2024 | SELF

[KeyLargo]

Does anyone having any suggestions for a password generator that is either online, or other?

I see a few online free sites, but don't know if they are bogus or questionable.

I get tired of attempting to create strong passwords, especially when using a website that requires at least 15 various numbers, characters, etc.

Thanks

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Built into every Mac...

Now, everybody please forget that password. I use it for all my online banking.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

I understand your frustration. Logging into anything lately is such a pain!

[Jonty30]

You can print them and keep the paper in a safe spot. I agree.

[Thank You Rush]

THAT is pretty much what it’s like. It doesn’t matter what you use, you find out AFTER, that it does or does not have the required letters or numbers or symbols..Tell me that at the beginning, please.

You truly could put in the most ridiculous PW and it would still come back - “it’s already taken”! I freeze up anytime I have to come up with a new PW.

[j_guru]

In powershell, something like this should do it

-join ((65..90 + 97..122 + 48..57 + 33..47 | Get-Random -Count 16 | ForEach-Object { [char]$_ }) | Sort-Object { Get-Random })

[Thank You Rush]

THAT’S exactly how I believe new pharmaceuticals are named! Have to be as no one could think of the names they give to these drugs you see on TV commercials without such a method! Scramble Scrabble tiles..Yep!

[Thank You Rush]

“”Just use some modern prescription drug name.””

YEP!!!!

[TexasGator]

“least 15 various numbers, characters, etc.”

Never saw one that long.

[Prince of Space]

My theory is pharmaceutical companies use a dartboard with random syllables on it. That would explain Skyrizi. Say what, now?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Dashlane is great. Used it for years. The pay version syncs all devices. It’s a must have.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Just create a sentence you will remember. For instance, you might use “Sally was the first girl I dated in 1989!”

Of course don’t put spaces between them. But that has capital letters, symbols and numbers. What better password than something that is your own special memory?

Or something mundane that only you would recall... Like “Mylockerinhighschoolwas#475”. No one will ever crack that.

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

I use the first few letters of a town I used to live in, the zip code from another town, #, last 4 of social, &, my current house number.... Or some combination thereof.

[Larry Lucido]

:)

[GingisK]

I do this as well. I capitalize the first letter of each word and them join them without a space.

I get the words in the following manner: There are 615 pages in my Merriam-Webster dictionary. For each word, multiply 615 times a number from the RAND function of a calculator. (Even an iPhone calculator has that function.) Go to the page number that results from that calculation and then choose a word. You can use the RAND function again to choose a word from the page; but, I merely choose one I like. Add an underscore plus one or two digits from another RAND press.

[siunevada]

I am not on a large number of sites requiring passwords. My usual routine is to take a name or phrase I will remember and eliminate all the vowels, then add a series of numbers and letters burned into my brain from when I was employed.

[Drago]

I currently use “Bitwarden” for my PW manager (avoid “LastPass”)...but I am transitioning to the Apple Mac OS “built-in” PW manager/generator.

Bitwarden (open source software, can be publically audited) has a free password generator here:

https://bitwarden.com/password-generator/

And a PW “strength tester”:

https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/

More info. from Steve Gibson (”Spinrite” Dev.):

https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm

[DFG]

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[Leaning Right]

> My advice is to create a word document with your passwords and which programs or sites they are associated with. <

I’m a pencil and paper guy myself. But if you’re going to use a word document, disguise your passwords. Perhaps make the first two characters not part of the password.

For example, if your FR password is 562happy, record it as 27562happy.
Make any hackers work a little.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“Sorry, that password is already in use.”

ROFL

[CivilWarBrewing]

Write them by hand, not via a computer connected to the Internet as that would defeat the whole purpose.