Secure Password Generation Guide

Weak passwords remain the top cause of breaches. Generated passwords with sufficient length and character diversity resist brute force and dictionary attacks far better than human-chosen passwords.

Length Matters Most

12 characters minimum for general accounts. 16+ for email, banking, and admin accounts. Each additional character exponentially increases brute-force difficulty. Length beats complexity tricks like l33t speak.

Use a Password Manager

Store generated passwords in a password manager — never reuse across sites. Use WaiHub's Password Generator with crypto.getRandomValues for staging and test accounts. Exclude ambiguous characters (0/O, 1/l) when passwords might be shared verbally.