The title is pretty self explanatory, but to be thorough, the Password Generator tool (while great) does not allow for passwords to be created with <5 characters. I would propose that the Password Generator minimum length be lowered to 4 characters to allow for the creation of 4 digit PINs (e.g. to use with an ATM, credit card).
I know that one could just create a 5 digit PIN then trim it to 4 digits, but I would hope the programming required to shorten the minimum length to allow one to create a 4 digit PIN would not be overly onerous.
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Not quite a perfect solution, but as a workaround, could you not just generate a 5-digit number and delete the last digit before you save? Hard to mess that up with only 4 characters.
@dh024 yes you certainly could, if you see my previous reply to the post, I mentioned that this is an obvious workaround. However, my reasoning is if it is possible to create a 5 digit password, why would it not be possible to lower the minimum to 4 digits?
Of course, I may be over simplifying the programming process and underestimating the amount of work this would actually require. If so, then I can certainly live with just truncating a 5 digit passcode.
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Somehow, I totally missed your post. My apologies.
I do hope the devs can make this small change - of course, it is a convenience and low-priority item, so it won’t be right away, I suspect.
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Why not allow the minimum to be 1 character? I fail tocomprehend why this has been limited.
I believe the reason is basic security. Most would agree, I am sure, that a one digit PIN is insufficient protection to thwart someone from breaking into your locked account.
However, @dh024, anybody is able to remove the subsequent 4 characters. This limitation consequently appears to be unnecessary.