A while back I wrote a password generator based on an xkcd comic that highlighted a potential way to make more memorable passwords. I adopted it for generating passwords for all sorts of things, including passwords that shouldn't be shared by being shouted across an open-plan office. This got me thinking that if there was something offensive about it people would be reluctant to share passwords as freely. A couple of giant leaps in technically flawed logic later I had created http://passwd.jaym.za.net, a webservice that generates passwords based on the principles of the original xkcd comic, but with the following twists:
# the words are in afrikaans - almost no scriptkiddies are running afrikaans for brute force
# the words are either a swearword, an animal, a body part or a family member.
This turned out to /*sometimes*/ generate hilarious passwords. Often they were nonsensical and meaningless. Often they are so inappropriate jack parow would censor them.
Check it out, with the disclaimer that there's more work needed to the service to get passwords from it that are truly secure, and if you do actually use one as your password I take no liability for when you need to give your grandmother/boss/priest your password. Or for anything at all that could occur from adopting such a clearly inappropriate password.
# the words are in afrikaans - almost no scriptkiddies are running afrikaans for brute force
# the words are either a swearword, an animal, a body part or a family member.
This turned out to /*sometimes*/ generate hilarious passwords. Often they were nonsensical and meaningless. Often they are so inappropriate jack parow would censor them.
Check it out, with the disclaimer that there's more work needed to the service to get passwords from it that are truly secure, and if you do actually use one as your password I take no liability for when you need to give your grandmother/boss/priest your password. Or for anything at all that could occur from adopting such a clearly inappropriate password.
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