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This is why I like generating passwords with a 1 way SHA-256 hash, no need for any storage or encryption and no reliance on some website service being up.

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And no way to change your password when it's compromised?

And no way at all to protect yourself against any site you use this scheme on to brute-force your master password without you even being aware of it.

Now add one special character, mix upper and lower case, max 32 characters. This wouldn’t work on even 1% of all websites out there.

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