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In case it's not obvious, this is an absurdly terrible service you should never use. Here is some free software that accomplishes the same task, which is almos

by devit 11y ago

In case it's not obvious, this is an absurdly terrible service you should never use. Here is some free software that accomplishes the same task, which is almost surely not more likely to give your password to third parties than just typing it on the same machine would: echo $(shuf --random-source=/dev/urandom -n 6 /usr/share/dict/words)

themartorana 11y ago
Well, except that even most HNers won't immediately grok your command-line example, not to mention most of the people in my family or any family. It's educational at least, and $2 is not much to pay for an education about how not to use your grandchild's name and birthdate as a password. Not to mention it's awesome that an 11 year old girl is dabbling in cryptography already. I pay $2 for lemonade at a lemonade stand. It's not because I'm thirsty, and I'm most assuredly not going to comment about how it's an absurdly bad business because Wawa has 40oz drinks for half the price. Edit: sometimes I am legitimately thirsty.
- vezzy-fnord 11y ago
  except that even most HNers won't immediately grok your command-line example That's a fairly damning outlook you have on "most HNers".
- drdaeman 11y ago
  Does it come with an education that if any third party had seen or suspected to have seen your password - even if they swear that they haven't recorded/remembered or even seen it, and even if that's a nice person who must be honest - the password must be considered compromised, all its uses changed ASAP and it must be never used anymore? If no - that's a wrong kind of education we have here. Athough, if customers receive a package with "here's your password, but don't ever use it - see, it was compromised; take this dice instead, check its fairness and generate your own password!" then it's great.
PythonicAlpha 11y ago
I guess, the service is for people, that already shrugged away, when they saw "echo" and totally collapsed with the "$(".
- bshimmin 11y ago
  For anyone struggling with the `shuf` bit, it's part of GNU Coreutils. `brew install coreutils` would be a good start on a Mac (if you're lost at `brew`, this is probably not for you!).

by devit 11y ago

themartorana 11y ago

Well, except that even most HNers won't immediately grok your command-line example, not to mention most of the people in my family or any family. It's educational at least, and $2 is not much to pay for an education about how not to use your grandchild's name and birthdate as a password. Not to mention it's awesome that an 11 year old girl is dabbling in cryptography already. I pay $2 for lemonade at a lemonade stand. It's not because I'm thirsty, and I'm most assuredly not going to comment about how it's an absurdly bad business because Wawa has 40oz drinks for half the price. Edit: sometimes I am legitimately thirsty.

vezzy-fnord 11y ago
except that even most HNers won't immediately grok your command-line example That's a fairly damning outlook you have on "most HNers".
drdaeman 11y ago
Does it come with an education that if any third party had seen or suspected to have seen your password - even if they swear that they haven't recorded/remembered or even seen it, and even if that's a nice person who must be honest - the password must be considered compromised, all its uses changed ASAP and it must be never used anymore? If no - that's a wrong kind of education we have here. Athough, if customers receive a package with "here's your password, but don't ever use it - see, it was compromised; take this dice instead, check its fairness and generate your own password!" then it's great.

PythonicAlpha 11y ago

I guess, the service is for people, that already shrugged away, when they saw "echo" and totally collapsed with the "$(".

bshimmin 11y ago
For anyone struggling with the `shuf` bit, it's part of GNU Coreutils. `brew install coreutils` would be a good start on a Mac (if you're lost at `brew`, this is probably not for you!).