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Strong Password Generator does just what you think it would
You probably know that you should use a different password for each website you visit. And you probably don't anyway. But at the very least, make sure you're not using the same password for Facebook and your online bank account. And make sure you've got a secure, difficult to guess/hack password for important sites like financial institutions. Strong Password Generator can help you come up with a password that's a bit more secure than your birthday, anniversary, pet's name, or mother's maiden name. Just make sure you have a good password management program because we guarantee you won't be able to remember the passwords generated by the site off the top of your head, even with the silly mnemonic devices the site offers.
If Strong Password Generator doesn't do it for you, there are plenty of other great services for generating safe passwords. Now go forth and be secure.
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Moore said 3:18PM on 9-11-2007
I don't care for online password generators, but have a few binaries to do the same thing locally. Anyone got a good generator that's freeware?
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Moore said 3:39PM on 9-11-2007
Also... in the example shown... I am glad they have the phonetics way spelled out so I can remember that password (not).
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Peter said 3:45PM on 9-11-2007
Moore - You can use the one built into KeePass even if you don't use the application to store your passwords.
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John Vilsack said 4:01PM on 9-11-2007
These are all fine and good, but I would like to find a password generator that generates pronounceable passwords.
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RP said 8:00AM on 9-12-2007
What is that weird diamond character? How do I enter that?
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RP said 8:01AM on 9-12-2007
Um, cool, yeah, I can remember that:
Your new strong password is:
(41\9�N~j6c(~[
Remember it as:
( 4 1 \ 9 � NOKIA ~ jessica 6 china ( ~ [
(what's that "?" in the diamond?)
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David Bradley said 8:41AM on 9-14-2007
I’ve mentioned the following idea elsewhere, but if you are having trouble thinking or remembering good passwords, then you should check out my passwords for scientists concept.
http://www.sciencetext.com/passwords-for-scientists.html
In this approach all you need to be able to remember is a simple compound name (think viagra, aspirin, phentermine) and apply the principles I suggest.
You'll have a very strong password that no one will be able to bruteforce and even if you write down the key no one will know how to apply your mods to get the actual password.
Dave Bradley
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ScottMGS said 8:34AM on 9-26-2007
It struck me that an online password generator could, in unscrupulous hands, add all the generated passwords to the owners dictionary for dictionary attacks. Hmmm...
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