How are “random” passwords generated

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I mean if it’s generated by some piece of code that would imply it follows some methodology or algorithm to come up with something. How could that be random? Random is that which is unpredictable.

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Yes, computers can never be truly random. Instead, a computer usually uses an algorithm that is given a starting number and then creates numbers that appear random. Since the same starting number will always create the same “random” numbers, your computer will usually use combine a bunch of numbers such as the current time to have a different starting number each time

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