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`scat` is a *password scatterer*. It allows the generation of unique passwords for each service, `scat` is a *password scatterer*. It allows the generation of unique passwords for each service,
website, email address or account you might have, all from a single password. website, email address or account you might have, all from a single password.
## Disclaimer
`scat` is not the best one can achieve in security. If you are interested in a more secure system, look at [pwsafe][pwsafe] for instance.
The system is potentially vulnerable when an attacker can gather generated keys.
That being said, if you tend to reuse the same password everywhere and do not want to store all passwords in a database,
you might be better off using `scat` than to keep using the same password or a slight variation for each website.
## Motivation ## Motivation
Nowadays, accounts for many services such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google, Amazon, your bank account, etc. are needed. Nowadays, accounts for many services such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Google, Amazon, your bank account, etc. are needed.
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Romain Edelmann | Initial work on the project. Romain Edelmann | Initial work on the project.
[pwsafe]: http://nsd.dyndns.org/pwsafe/
[diceware]: http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html [diceware]: http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html
[haskell-platform]: http://www.haskell.org/platform/ [haskell-platform]: http://www.haskell.org/platform/