How-To

Security Tip: Use Wolfram Alpha to Create Strong Random Passwords

By Brian Burgess

Updated June 14, 2021

Wolfram Alpha is a powerful online service that often gets overlooked and forgotten. But here’s a cool trick you can use to generate a strong random password on the fly.

Using a tool like LastPass to generate and remember strong passwords is a great way to keep your online accounts secure. But if you want to create a strong password on the fly without installing browser plugins, try Wolfram Alpha.

Create Strong Password with Wolfram Alpha

Head to Wolfram Alpha and type: generate password into the query field and click the Compute button.

Then you’ll be given a random strong 8-character password, additional passwords, the phonetic form of it, and a lot of extra information that you probably care to know. To copy it, click the Copyable Plaintext icon and copy it to the Clipboard.

If you want something stronger than 8-characters, change the number of characters you want. For instance, here, I wanted a 16-character password.

If you want to control the password’s strength, even more, click “Specific Password Rules” and specify the types of characters to use.

If you install the Wolfram Alpha Chrome extension, generating a password is easier since you don’t need to navigate to the site first.

Wolfram Alpha is a powerful online service that often gets overlooked and forgotten. This is just one of the many groovy things you can do with it. While there is plenty to do with it for free, many additional features require a Pro account.

Have some cool Wolfram Alpha tips or tricks? Please shoot me an email or let us know in the comments!