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chriszarate / supergenpass

supergenpass

A free bookmarklet password generator.

4Distinct people
5Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
433GitHub stars
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What it is

A free bookmarklet password generator.

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The most important thing I realized when it comes to passwords was the classification into 2 types: strong passwords (keys, local login, local encryption, master passwords for…

brianclements used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-06-29 16:33:40 UTC to 2022-04-14 16:17:25 UTC.

0122015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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"The Personal Infosec & Security Checklist" https://www.goldfiglabs.com/guide/personal-infosec-security-... Internet safety, DNS security, https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/kids #internet-safety #family-media-plan #screen-time-guidelines Rclone supports encryption over top of like every cloud storage provider; and then what js could hit delete and confirm on our cloud storage, resulting in starting over from zero, like preppers, like bushcrafters - with DR bushcraft knives with flints (and hand-crank solar rechargeable FM/WX radio USB powerpacks) - like a low-budget made for TV Swiss Family Robinson: https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/tools#rclone Ansible-molecule, DevSec baselines; your (1) Raspberry Pi SD card will fail, and probably before a thumbdrive or an SSD. E2E: Cyph, Keybase has encrypted git repos; GitLab/Gitea does Issues wit
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h trackbacks: https://www.cyph.com/blog/cyph-pgp PWD generates a printable substitution box: https://github.com/westurner/pwd SGP: SuperGenPass https://github.com/chriszarate/supergenpass JS implementations of SSS to do better than splitting a string in parts and printing some redundantly: https://github.com/topics/shamir-secret-sharing "SLIP-0039: Shamir's Secret-Sharing for Mnemonic Codes" https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0039.m... : > Shamir's secret-sharing provides a better mechanism for backing up secrets by distributing custodianship among a number of trusted parties in a manner that can prevent loss even if one or a few of those parties become compromised. > However, the lack of SSS standardization to date presents a risk of being unable to perform secret recovery in the future should the tooling change. Therefore, we propose standardizing SSS so that SLIP-0039 compatible implementations will be interoperable.
In Ask HN: Do you manage your family's digital safety?
I may be the inventor of in-browser hash-based password generation – at any rate, most of the early variants like SuperGenPass [1] credit mine [2] as the original. And I still use it for low-value sites – but I let iCloud Keychain generate, store, and sync passwords for e-commerce sites and e-mail services, for all the reasons mentioned by others here. [1] https://github.com/chriszarate/supergenpass/wiki/FAQ [2] http://angel.net/~nic/passwd.current.html
In LessPass: sync-less open source password manager
brianclements·Nov 15, 2015Recommendation phrase
The most important thing I realized when it comes to passwords was the classification into 2 types: strong passwords (keys, local login, local encryption, master passwords for password managers) which is best generated using the Xkcd method, and then the less obvious disposable passwords (all non-local usage, i.e. websites and other temporary need). For the later, I use SuperGenPass[1]. It ensures that 1) my passwords are not reused across sites and 2) they are strong without the need to remember them directly. Because SGP uses hashes, it is very easy to add counters to existing passwords/secret phrases and create a brand new password without much mental effort. I've outlined such a procedure in the issues[2]. Using counters in the "secret" field, I will probably never ever need to change my master passphrase. I won't deny though that for
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mobile use, it's a bit cumbersome. The Android app is fine and free[3], and iOS app is a buck[4]. And overall it's a pain if you must login to sites frequently (ideally, using a native app reduces this greatly, login once until you manually logout). It's also pretty confusing for non-technical people to get behind. I actually sent out an entire email blast to friends and family giving them my best attempt at an explanation, argument, and tutorial of how to use it. I don't think anyone did it. So while the interface is kind of clumsy, the strategy is solid and I love knowing that I can use it. [1]: http://www.supergenpass.com [2]: https://github.com/chriszarate/supergenpass/issues/40#issuec... [3]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.staticfre... [4]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/supergenpass/id451606360?mt=...
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