Character Chooser

Those who value their privacy are most certainly taking the matter seriously and while the approach to securing your personal data isn’t new, the set of potential threats in the online context of an ever-growing malware pool certainly is. KeePass users which take time into creating their database and customizing the details might sometimes require when dealing with financial websites that require multi-page logins. Character Chooser is a KeePass plugin that was created specifically in order to allow users to read and access individual characters in their credentials.

Users will have to add the plugin manually to their installation of KeePass, but the entire process is quite straightforward and doesn’t involve any special operations.

Having copied or moved the plugin to the corresponding directory, users still need to verify if it appears in the corresponding plugins section. The plugin will then appear as an additional entry in the context-menu for the database items.

The plugin will allow users to select the preferred field onto which the character reveal is to be performed, and the default ones are the actual username and password. Users can also add their preferred fields in the KeePass’ database.

A dedicated selector will allow one to choose the character number, and the plugin will automatically reveal it, while still maintaining concealment on the entirety of the string. We found this to be very useful, especially when forgetting passwords or their actual letter structure.

Character Chooser addresses those who seek a simple solution for remembering particular characters of their usernames and passwords, and it will allow them to preview individual characters, without unraveling the entire string.