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-1 a question about password management for kids is not the place to promote homebrew password generator scripts. -1 recommending to teach a kid to "generate entropy in binary or hex format using the command line or code compiler" does not seem to make any sense. -1 "Hatzakis Base 64" why make another variant of base64?!
– Luc
Commented Aug 6, 2019 at 13:25
Where did you see homebrew? All software is trusted at some level, and I mentioned that the secrets module in Python is cryptographically-secure. The notation system I noted was made for educational purposes, and I listed alternatives. We can agree to disagree, I think my answer adds some good ideas and maybe some that aren't good for all cases. It's also a matter of opinion and style. What doesn't make sense to you about teaching a kid to use the command line or a compiler to generate entropy? It's something that adults should even do.
– Steven Hatzakis
Commented Aug 6, 2019 at 13:49
Again, the end of the question states: "What's the best approach to take for a young, fairly bright child, to keep logins safe and train good practice in advance of more important accounts?" So I don't think what I added was too far off, especially as kids are more becoming even more computer savvy.
– Steven Hatzakis
Commented Aug 6, 2019 at 13:54
"why make another variant of base64" - opened hatgit/hatnotation#9 to address this
– Eric
Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 23:40

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