Your real password: ‘Beq#XtWgJ6N2’
Password manager saves: ‘Beq#XtWg’
Your pepper: ‘J6N2’
After you copy and paste your password from the password manager, just append your pepper, ‘J6N2’.

Some individuals may harbor concerns about the safety of password managers, worried that they could jeopardize their passwords. However, succumbing to this apprehension might result in the repetition of passwords across various platforms or the selection of weaker password options. Introducing the concept of “peppering” provides a solution to this unease. Peppering involves incorporating a personal, confidential element into one’s passwords, thereby adding an extra layer of security to password management.

By utilizing the password manager’s password generator, you can enhance security by ensuring each generated password is both unique and robust. To further bolster this measure, consider incorporating your secret string either at the beginning (prepend) or end (append) of the generated password. For instance, if your generated password is ‘Beq#XtWg’ and your secret string is ‘J6N2,’ your resulting ‘peppered’ password could be ‘J6N2Beq#XtWg’ (prepend) or ‘Beq#XtWgJ6N2’ (append).

Here is an example of registering a service with a peppered password.

By incorporating peppering into your passwords in this manner, you introduce an additional level of security to your login credentials, bolstering their resistance against unauthorized access. Moreover, as only you possess the knowledge of the secret string, your passwords stay safeguarded even in the event of a compromise of your password manager.