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HNofX82
11 months agoDedicated Contributor
Request for a powerful pasword generator.
Passwords for banks and finance sites in my country (more then 30 in my vault) require only few special characters but 1P randomly generates password (give us the ability to configure password genera...
1P_Dave
Moderator
11 months agoHello HNofX82! 👋
Thanks for reaching out. 1Password deliberately doesn't include an option to set the number of symbols because it reduces the strength, randomness, and usability of generated passwords. My colleague Mitch went into more detail here: https://old.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/1bocryy/1password_feature_missing_or_am_i_missing_the/kwt1apq/
1Password does include a smart password generator in the browser extension which attempts to use the requirements that websites, including banks, impose on passwords in order to generate the most secure and compatible password possible: A smart(er) password generator | 1Password
You can find the smart password generator here:
- Navigate to the password change page of the website in question.
- Click on the 1Password icon in your browser's toolbar.
- Click the Menu button and then click Password Generator.
- Choose Type: Smart Password and click Autofill to fill the generated password onto the page.
And, if you enable the "Use as default for suggestions", then 1Password in the browser will automatically generate smart password right on the page:
-Dave