Ingenious password manager

[Joshua Penix]

Stewart Stremler wrote:

>>then did you read the description of what the bookmarklett does? the
>>bookmarklett is the insidiously useful one. if not, please do again.
>>otherwise, there is really little point debating the issue.
> 
> Yes, and it's also basically useless.  Aside from auto-generating an MD5
> code for a website, which is something that (1) really shouldn't be so
> common so as to need automation and (2) will break on about 40% of the 
> non-stupid web-page accounts I have.

You may still consider it useless, but I think John's point was that the 
bookmarklet, a special implementation of the JavaScript code, is useful 
inside a web browser because it auto-fills the password field for you.

The workflow is:

1) Browse to page with login
2) Click bookmarklet
3) Box pops up and asks for your password
4) Password field in form is automatically filled in using your 
password, plus the appropriate MD5 for *that* site.
5) You're logged in and on your way

That's integration you wouldn't necessarily have if you implemented the 
same algorithm outside of your browser.

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