Lean Password Hasher

Nifty helper to hash passwords. Uses HMAC-SHA1.

Lean Password Hasher: Create Safe and Purpose-Specific Passwords

Lean Password Hasher is a nifty Chrome extension that helps you generate safe and purpose-specific passwords. It uses HMAC-SHA1 to hash passwords, making them secure and reliable. Simply remember a reasonably long master key, and Lean Password Hasher will do the rest for you. With its user-friendly interface, this extension generates a Base64 encoded HMAC-SHA1 hash with the master key as HMAC and the chosen parameter as the message. It is inspired by hashapass.com and ensures the same hash with a default length of 8. Try Lean Password Hasher and simplify your password management today!
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 93
-4
Rating: 5.00
(4)
Version: 0.2 (Last updated: 2013-01-16)
Creation date: 2013-01-16
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 49.91K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

Has all the crucial features that I was looking for: - Automatically inserts the domain as Parameter - Does not display the resulting hash - copies it to clipboard as soon as it is generated
by Georg Wiese, 2013-05-18
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Lean Password Hasher requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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