Tuesday, 26 November 2019

How to Use Google Password Checkup

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Google has a tool designed to securely analyze your passwords against a database of ones that are known to be compromised and breached. Password Checkup is available as an extension or a web service. Here’s how to use it.

Check Your Passwords with the Extension

If you don’t use a third-party password manager or don’t use strong and secure passwords, the Password Checkup extension by Google helps you know if a password you use for non-Google websites has been exposed.

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Whenever you sign-in to an account, the extension checks the password against a database of known breaches—hashing both and comparing the results. If the password you use is among the list of known breaches, it alerts you and suggests you reset your password.

Fire up Chrome and head on over to the Chrome web store for the Password Checkup extension. Once there, click “Add To Chrome” to start the download.

Click "Add to Chrome."

Read the extension’s permissions and then click “Add Extension” to add it to your browser.

Read the permissions, and then click "Add extension."

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