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Nobody will probably like it but I just use pwgen to generate passwords now and store it in 1Password since Keychain removed the memorable password option.

    pwgen: aliased to pwgen --ambiguous --capitalize --numerals --symbols --secure


This would be a more secure and much more ergonomic option:

    pwgen --ambiguous --no-capitalize --secure 12
Your command produces passwords like this:

    X3_>r"9'
I can't even copy it by double clicking on it.

Mine produces passwords like this:

    stq7nt4nvh3g
It even has more entropy by one or two orders of magnitude.


I usually end up piping the result to a file so I can see it and edit if I need to and cat | pbcopy the file contents to the clipboard and save it in 1password. After that, 1password either fills in the password for me or copying it is just a button click.

The main issue I face is that some web sites will either not allow passwords longer than a certain length or will only allow some special characters.


TIL!




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