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Chrome Extension Automatically Checks Your Passwords - mothered - 05-24-2018
Greetings to all,
I'm sure the majority of members have come across the website named Have I Been Pwned, whereby It checks whether your password(s) have been previously compromised against It's database of data breaches. Well, now there's a Google Chrome extension that serves the very same purpose, by automatically checking your passwords against the pwned database- as you enter your credentials onto a given site.
My advice, do not use any service that accesses your sensitive data. Period. It's not difficult to create a strong password, and you certainly don't need another entity telling you otherwise.
Quote:Choosing a strong password is an essential move in guarding against hackers. But even if your password checks all the right boxes, you still may be using one that’s been breached—or one that’s been used so often that it’s one of the most common for hackers to try.
That’s more common than you might think. An analysis of 6.8 million passwords hacked from CashCrate in 2016 revealed that 86% of the passwords had already been leaked in previous data breaches. Reusing compromised passwords (or repeating others’ weak ones) is believed to be the cause of more than 75%of corporate cyberattacks, according to the consulting firm Deloitte.
You can check to see if your current passwords have previously been hacked on the website have i been pwned?. Now the cybersecurity firm Okta has built a Chrome browser extension that allows you to automatically check your passwords against the pwned database as you enter credentials onto a website.
If there’s a match, the extension warns you that the password has been compromised. If you’re currently using an old or easy password, that warning is likely to pop up.
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RE: Chrome Extension Automatically Checks Your Passwords - tahsin00 - 01-04-2025
Not only chrome everything gathering information about us beyond of our permission unethically