Your online accounts’ security is heavily dependent on how strong your passwords are, and if they are too easy, attackers could hack into your account by brute-forcing your password.
To make sure Chrome users aren’t utilizing weak passwords, Google Chrome’s Safety check feature will alert you if your passwords were found in data breaches.
When a user saves login credentials to the browser, the only way to detect weak credentials is to open the password manager in Chrome.
Google is now working on a new feature that will automatically detect and highlight weak passwords when performing a Safety check, as shown below.
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Chrome’s new Safety check functionality is not yet available in stable channels, but you can enable it in Chrome Canary by following these steps:
To check your weak passwords using safety check, simply go to Settings > ‘Safety Check‘ > ‘Check Now‘ to perform a safety check of your passwords.
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Once clicked, Google will automatically scan your saved passwords and highlight the weaker ones. You can click on the “Review” button to make changes to the saved password.
H/T TechDows
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