Web comic xkcd notes that "through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess." The comic above ...

Our mission for this week's Community Byte was to create a Python program to crack web-based passwords, like the ones you would see on an email or router login. I wanted it to be universal in the ...

James is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police, where he helped the team cover everything mobile technology and beyond. He works across news, features, reviews, buyer’s guides, and more. If ...

In this world now, everything is password protected, your phone, computer, e-mails, and whatnot. And remembering so many passwords can be difficult sometimes. What’s more, you cannot have a simple ...

If you’re on the internet often, it may seem like you have to choose between having secure passwords you have to keep track of for every different account or convenient passwords you barely have to ...

Mozilla is adding a random password generator to Firefox. Google added one to Chrome and Chromium-based browsers in the fall of 2018, with the release of Chrome/Chromium v69. The Firefox random ...

Google is working on a new password manager for its Chrome browser that would also automatically create strong passwords for users. The new manager is currently in the design phase, but Google has ...

Passwords are hell. But a built-in free Google password generator can help. Strong self-generated passwords often turn into a fog of forgotten letter combinations and phrases. At the other extreme, ...