A simple, yet secure, password picker for Android
This app focuses on security, so of course there's a dedicated section for it.
First off, before you use the app, please verify the APK with the excellent AppVerifier or apksigner.
Otherwise, someone may have tampered with it if you aren't careful!
se.axelkarlsson.passpicker F0:0A:73:F7:71:F3:02:60:2D:26:F7:48:B1:23:1B:4F:3E:CE:42:FB:4F:CF:11:79:3E:ED:55:FE:55:1C:69:A3
Perhaps the most sensitive part, the password generation algorithm, is documented here for transparency.
The generator derives passwords from Android's SecureRandom API, and in detail, the generation process works like this:
- The app iterates n amount of times over the length the user inputted.
- For each iteration, a generation option type (e.g. alphabetic, numeric, or special character) gets chosen securely with the aforementioned
SecureRandomAPI. - After an option type has been decided on, the app will query the option selected for a securely generated random character.
- The character chosen in the above step gets appended.
- Repeat until iteration is completed.
Security efforts has also been put into the UI and UX.
Examples:
- Generated passwords are hidden by default to deter shoulder-surfing risks.
- When a password is copied, they get hidden from the clipboard preview present in Android 13 and above.