Security Levels
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Light maximizes convenience by guessing site tags,
remembering entries, and revealing fields as plain text. It is secure from
remote hackers, but less secure from people with physical access to your
machine and browser.
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Medium improves protection by hiding the hash word and
forcing you to re-enter the master key each time. This is the default.
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Heavy maximizes security by remembering nothing and hiding
everything. You must enter the site tag and master key each time and
manually unmask fields to see their content.
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Custom allows you to specify individual security options.
Tip - choose light, medium or heavy before selecting custom to start with a
reasonable set of checked options.
Display Options
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Password field markers are small
symbols inserted next to password fields for one-click access to the
Password Hasher dialog.
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Password unmasking markers are small
symbols inserted next to password fields for one-click unmasking
(revealing as plain text) of password fields.
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Guess full domain causes guessed site tags to use the
entire domain name, e.g. including ".com", ".org", etc., making it
easier to have separate logins for sites sharing the same base name.
It does result in longer site tags, when you have to type them.
Default Requirements
These settings affect the default options for assuring generated hash words
satisfy certain requirements.
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Digit forces hash words to have at least one digit
character.
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Punctuation forces hash words to have at least one
punctuation character.
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Both upper and lower-case letters forces hash words to
have at least one of each case letter.
Default Size
This setting chooses the default hash word length, i.e. number of characters.
Portable Page
This button produces a self-contained/portable web page to generate hash
words when this extension is unavailable. It asks you where to save the
file and then loads it in a browser tab. More information is available
in the FAQ, the Portable help page, and notes
on the bottom of the generated portable page.