Google's new Chrome extension automatically checks to see if your passwords are still secure.

A new Google Chrome extension called Password Control will automatically detect if your passwords have been exposed to a data breach.

ΜOnce installed, the extension checks the login details you use in a database of about four billion usernames and passwords and alerts you if your account has already been exposed.

Password breaches are unfortunately a common occurrence, but as long as you use a unique password for each site, it is quite simple to deal with it.

Just change the login codes you use with the compromised site. Unfortunately, when such huge account breaches as those on Collection # 1 have recorded so many different passwords, it may be impossible to know which of your passwords and accounts are still secure, and Google's new extension will help.

Password control is displayed in the browser bar, where it will notify you of any problems.
YOUR PASSWORD HAS BEEN ENCRYPTED BEFORE SENDING TO GOOGLE

This password control is based on sending your confidential information to Google, and the company wants to emphasize that the whole process is encrypted, and that it has no way of seeing your data. Database passwords are stored in a special encrypted format, and any alerts generated about your data are entirely local to your computer.

The Google extension is free, and you can use Chrome's built-in password generator to create a new password if you find that one of your accounts (passwords) has been compromised.

Although it looks like a useful extension, password control ultimately further emphasizes how important the password is as a means of safeguarding your accounts. Two-factor authentication is another useful level of security, but it also has limitations.

For now we are going to repeat the same tips we give every time we talk about passwords. You will need to use a password manager, you will need to use a unique password for each site, you will need to change all the passwords that will be affected once you hear about a breach, and you will need to enable two-factor authentication for all sites that support it.

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