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> where you can't use a password manager (Such as a smart TV, games console, ...)

I just open my password manager on my phone and type it in. On these passwords, I am likely to avoid special characters, since they are a pain to type on these 'keyboards'

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That's WAY to much work. I used LastPass, 1Password and Keeper as password managers. None of them is good enough to use that flow. Either the password is short and simple enough that I want to tap it in with a remote (i.e. <8 lowercase chars forming a dictionary word with maybe a digit added for good measure) in which case I won't need the manager. Or it's longer or more complex than that, in which case I don't want to type it in. In any case, having to take out a phone, start the pw manager app, log in (even with face/thumbprint), search for the site and show the password before entering it, makes it like 5 steps instead of 1. Password managers that don't auto fill might as well not exist.

This is what diceware is the perfect remedy for. Sequence of randomly selected words with your choice of delimiter, reasonably easy to input even with a shitty touch-screen keyboard.

Surprised it's not a default option for modern password managers, to be honest.

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