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pauLee
Occasional Contributor
2 years ago

Too few and too simple special characters for random passwords

To me it feels like 1PW generates random passwords with too few and too simple special characters ... using a 32 characters I see often ony 2 or 3 special characters. And when special characters a...
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1P_Dave
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2 years ago

pauLee

Thank you for the detailed reply. If you're generating passwords for a website then I recommend trying the Smart Password generator, it can detect the password requirements on a website and generate a secure password that meets those requirements so that you don't have to regenerate the password again and again.

You can read more here: A smart(er) password generator | 1Password

You can set smart passwords to be the default in the browser by following these steps:

  1. Open your browser.
  2. Click on the 1Password icon in the toolbar, then click on the menu button (it looks like three lines in a circle).
  3. Click Password Generator.
  4. Set Type to Smart Password.
  5. Turn on "Use as default for suggestions".

Moving forward, 1Password will suggest smart passwords right on the page that will match the website's requirements:

-Dave