An Alfred workflow to generate XKCD-style passwords, a la http://xkcd.com/936/
- Download. Double click on
pGen.alfredworkflow
to install. - Replace the contents of
dictionary.txt
with a long list of words you generated yourself.
Warning A default dictionary of words is provided in dictionary.txt, but you should definitely generate your own and use it instead, otherwise anybody could use this dictionary to pretty easily brute-force all of your passwords. Keep it secret, keep it safe.
Type the keyword pgen
into Alfred. Optionally, pass an integer as a single argument to determine the number of words your password contains. Defaults to 4
pgen 3
#=> plushonorleft
or
pgen
#=> begunmaydropcry
etc...