Usable Security Systems is working on a new service that will help you generated secure passwords for each site you visit without having to remember them all. The company made a presentation at the DEMO conference this week and announced that UsableLogin will be available early next year.

The system basically lets you use the same password over and over to register and login to different web sites. Odds are you do that now, but it's not very secure. What UsableLogin does is combine the password you enter with random information which will be different for every web site you visit. The password is stored on your computer (probably via the web browser) and not on Usable Security's servers.

It all sounds pretty cool and innovative. But it turns out that there's already a free Firefox plugin that does pretty much the same thing. PwdHash will automatically make a strong password for you any time you start a password with the symbols @@. Or you can just hit F2 when you're visiting any page with a password box and PwdHash will kick into gear.

[via Webware]