Google: Password Checkup, a tool to verify the security of our passwords

Robert Sole October 4, 2019

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Available Password Checkup tool, a Google Chrome feature that will verify if our passwords are secure or need improvements.

Computer security is very important and users are not given to give it due importance. When the annual report of most used passwords comes out, they are usually 123456 and the like, which can be hacked in nothing. To improve security, Google has launched the Password Checkup feature. This feature is intended to help users protect themselves by reporting weak passwords.

Among the bad practices with passwords, is putting a very easy one, using passwords with personal data or using the same one in all services. All of these bad practices expose users to account breaches and data theft.

Google will notify us if the password we use is not very secure

To help us in our daily security, Google will tell us if our password is weak. We can thus change it and make it as difficult as possible to access our accounts on social networks, bank, etc. In addition, special emphasis will be placed on the user not using the same password in different services, the main security hole.

Those users who regularly use Google Chrome can now start to enjoy this function. Password Checkup can be found in the 'Password Manager' of the Google browser. There we will be shown the security level of the different passwords that we use.

Depending on the number of passwords stored and the websites we use, we will have more or less notices. It also depends on the website and the use we make of it. This is already a bit personal, but especially in social networks, banks and the like, it is important to have a good password.

We must whenever possible not repeat password. It may be that the user database is compromised and the password is exposed. An attacker could see if we use it in other services and steal our data or impersonate our identity.