Like just generate an md5 hash, truncate it to whatever arbitrary number the shitty website decided is their password length limit, then store it in an encrypted db
Of course this is just a long way of reinventing keepass/1password/bitwarden/icloud keychain/etc
![TIL that if you search "Password generator, [x] characters, [y] strength" at DuckDuckGo, it will generate a password for you.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/31a5b1e1-4330-4a27-aa88-cc47a25acb05.jpeg){kind=link}
Why not local
Like just generate an md5 hash, truncate it to whatever arbitrary number the shitty website decided is their password length limit, then store it in an encrypted db
Of course this is just a long way of reinventing keepass/1password/bitwarden/icloud keychain/etc
If you’re already generating an md5 and truncating it (an md5 of what?), you might as well use pwgen.
I haven’t in a while, but back when I generated passwords for users, I would use the openssl command.
An md5 of whatever string pops in your head at that moment. True randomness is a persons nonsequitors
This makes sense. I had no idea what tools existed because as mentioned many db solutions exist for this