The company plans to add a hacked-password alert system into its browser by the end of year; Firefox aims to do much the same thing this month. Google has launched a web-based hacked-password checker, ...

A compromised password is still in the realm of possibility despite how careful you are with your online logins. You can check Have I Been Pwned to see if you've been ...

A good password can mean the difference between identity safety and identity theft. Unfortunately, too many otherwise intelligent people rely on ridiculously weak passwords, the kind that make hackers ...

Password management service 1Password has a neat new feature that lets users check whether a password they’re thinking of using has already been breached. At which point it will suggest they pick ...

You can test the security of your passwords by using a password-strength checker on an online password-security program. For the purposes of this article, we'll walk ...

Google has now set up a tool called Password Checkup for users to check up on the security of account credentials in Chrome and this guide is designed to show how to accomplish just that. The tool in ...

Almost weekly now I hear from an indignant reader who suspects a data breach at a Web site they frequent that has just asked the reader to reset their password. Further investigation almost invariably ...

Passwords aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. You depend on them. You use them to log in to every service and most apps. Hopefully, you use them in conjunction with ...

One thing about computers and smartphones is that new features are always being added. Google has announced six new Android updates that include a built-in password checker, the ability to schedule ...

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