Scrambleizer™ was designed to fill the gap between using the same password for every site you access and using a secure password manager to generate a strong unique password which is only available to you via that utility.
Use Scrambleizer™ for sites that require a password which you want to be able to recreate anytime you have access to the internet and might not have access to your secure password manager. Scrambleizer™ was designed to facilitate the easy generation of recreateble passwords from information you have readily available anytime, anyplace you need a password.
Scrambleizer™ Uses your "easy-to-remember" password and limited information from your user name and the site you are accessing to create a password which is "stronger" than your "easy-to-remember" password. At it's basic "scramble" you will very easily recognize your password and site information. Other variations and randomization are available which will make the recognization of the generated password extremely difficult.
Consistentsy is key. If you utilize Scrambleizer™ using the same general parameters you will very likely be successful. If you use different information and options for each new password created you will probably not be able to recreate them when needed.
Select a single easy-to-remember password which contains a reasonable amount of diversity (upper case, lower case, numbers). You may want to include a special character, however due to the very poor implementations of special character use across web-sites, I only include one when "forced" to by some well-intentioned but simple-minded web master.
Be consistent in the use of a "Secret". A secret adds diversity to the generated password without being "visible". If you are going to utilize a "secret", utilize it consistently or you might not remember those sites for which you chose it.
Versions You may create up to four different versions/variations of a password. Versions are simple variations of the generated password and are included for sites which require a periodic password change. A different version may be generated from the same entered information which will likely satisfy the requirements necessary for a "new" password. (Or maybe not, since some sites, e.g. google, store many generations of previously used passwords and restrict any re-use) :(
Scrambled or Random? (see below) Your choice of Scrambled or Random depends of the amount of variation you want in the generated password. A scrambled password utilizes only the characters included in your entered data. You will usually recognize your entered information in the password.
A random password utilizes your entered data but randomizes it across the entire alphabet of alpha-numeric characters. Thus you will not recognize any entered data in the randomized password. This also makes it much more difficult for an observer to recognize your easy-to-remember password.
A "Random" password also utilizes a combination of your entered password plus limited information from site and user name (and optionally "secret"). Rather than simply combine the information, it randomizes it to create a totally random appearing password. You may also create four different "Versions" of each randomized combination.
Enter your base word or phrase, the site name e.g. gmail.com, and your username. You may choose to have Scrambleizer™ generate a special character in the output by selecting the "SP Ch" checkbox. You may enter an optional "Secret" code for additional randomizing and an optional length parameter. Select whether you want a "Scrambled" or "Random" password and select a Version. Hit the "Create" button and Scrambleizer™ will create your password.
Absolutely. In fact, your password information never leaves your own device except where you might paste/enter the generated password. Scrambleizer™ does not copy or store any of the information utilized in generating your scrambled/randomized password. The entire process occurs on your device using your selected browser.
It's easy, however Consistency is key. Simply re-enter your easy-to-remember password along with the site name, user name, and optionally, any "secret" you used to create the password and Scrambleizer™ will re-create your password for you. Without that information Scrambleizer™ cannot re-create your password, since as mentioned, we do not store any of your information. Your Scrambleizer™ password may only be created utilizing the information you entered originally.
Important:
WARNING — The passwords you create are not "secure". The scramble here is visual, not cryptographic.
Scrambleizer™ is more like a "post-it note" replacement than a secure password generator. It does not generate "secure" passwords. Use a proper password manager for real security.
That said, Scrambleizer™ utilizes information from your password entry and will create a password, likely stronger, than what you entered. Current NIST recommendations favor length over diversity, however diversity does result in a better "scramble", so choose accordingly. Scrambleizer™ permits you to "expand" your scrambled or random password up to 32 characters.
We recommend including at least two of upper and lower case letters and numerics. All three is ideal, and more sites are requiring all three. Regardless of NIST recommendations, some web-sites still require upper, lower and numerics with some sites requiring selected special characters.
By design, Scrambleizer™ will include upper and lower case in the "scrambled" password. Our "Random" passwords include upper, lower and numeric. Any special character for either "scrambled" or "random" would need to be included in your data entry, or via the "Special Character" option.
A "Random" password has the appearance of a secure password. However, it IS generated from your user entered information rather than being cryptographic
Personally, I use Scrambleizer™ for all my password generation requirements, including my wallets. It affords me a level of convenience and flexibility, while providing a sufficient level of security for my requirements. As stated above, the scramble here is visual, not cryptographic, however, since most truely secure accesses facilitate or require 2FA (Two-factor authentication), I'm very comfortable utilizing Scrambleizer™ for my password requirements.
Scrambleizer™ is browser based and should be available anytime you have access to the internet via a web browser. So it should be available to you whenever you need to log-in to a web-site.