Unless you are hashing to create the passwords and storing them elsewhere...
Usually I use the Firefox password manager to encrypt them with the same master password. Very convenient: since Firefox usually selects the login button, I can just type the master password and press enter twice.
...then you are dependent on that site being available.
Not really, you could always save a local copy of the site. Actually, since hashapass uses SHA1, all you need to do is calculate HMAC-SHA1 for your passwords and parameters, and then encode that to a base64 string.
I use this to generate passwords. Since one master password yields different outputs for each parameter (i.e. slashdot, hotmail) I'm confident I won't forget a password, so I'm safe typing gibberish into the question fields.
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But you remembered the "head on" ad so it worked. :)
Really? I kinda thought they wanted to sell stuff and make money. But if the goal was only to have people remember stuff, then maybe it did work....
The idea is that people choose the familiar over the unknown. If they can make a memorable ad, people will tend to choose their brand over others.
;)
They're not coercing people to buy stuff they don't need, they're just creating a preference among people who buy the stuff anyway
Unless you are hashing to create the passwords and storing them elsewhere...
Usually I use the Firefox password manager to encrypt them with the same master password. Very convenient: since Firefox usually selects the login button, I can just type the master password and press enter twice.
...then you are dependent on that site being available.
Not really, you could always save a local copy of the site. Actually, since hashapass uses SHA1, all you need to do is calculate HMAC-SHA1 for your passwords and parameters, and then encode that to a base64 string.
I use this to generate passwords. Since one master password yields different outputs for each parameter (i.e. slashdot, hotmail) I'm confident I won't forget a password, so I'm safe typing gibberish into the question fields.