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The AI ported his password tool to iOS, the tool every one of his passwords comes from

A man generates all his passwords with his own little tool, which hashes the site name, username and a version number with his passphrase. He had the AI port the tool to iOS, and the setup recently saved him when his laptop died: he could rebuild every important password from memory with a fresh copy of the config.

How it works

  1. He describes his command line password tool to the AI
  2. The AI ports it to iOS
  3. He keeps using the same method everywhere
  4. When his laptop dies, he rebuilds his passwords from memory with a fresh config

Why it’s worth knowing

The little tool his whole password life depends on now runs on his phone because an agent ported it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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