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I ditched password generators and made a better one in Excel. Here's how

Because many password generators aren't as random as they seem, I built an improved one in Excel—and I'll show you exactly ...
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Here’s How Hackers Steal Your Password and How You Can Create a Safer One

Every year the private digital security company NordPass publishes a list of the most popular passwords across 30 countries. And as always, the current list from 2022 also contains shockingly simple ...
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Hashing explained: Why it’s your best bet to protect stored passwords

Hashing is a one-way cryptographic function while encryption is designed to work both ways. Encryption algorithms take input and a secret key and generate a random looking output called a ciphertext.
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I asked AI to create passwords. Here's why I'll never do that again

They may look complex, but AI-generated passwords often follow predictable patterns that hackers can exploit. I'll show you what to use instead.