User security and privacy is one of the areas where Google has shown more interest in the near past, and one of the best features the company has provided to users is a password manager who is also able to analyze them in search of weaknesses.
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Not only can it suggest aspects you should improve on, but it can also search databases to find out. If you’ve been hacked and didn’t realize it.
You should do this from time to time to check if you have an account in danger of being stolen, although for this you must first save the passwords in Google’s secure manager.
How to get Google to verify your passwords
If you’ve ever looked up any of your saved passwords in Google to remember them, you might have seen the option the browser gives you scan your passwords.
- Open Google Chrome.
- Tap the three-dot menu and open Settings.
- Click Password Manager.
- Tap Analyze.
After Google performs a thorough review of your apps, it will show you three different lists with the passwords you should change, the first being passwords that may have leaked onto the internet through massive hacks.
On the other hand, also it will show you all the passwords it detects as weak
With these notices, you will know that you must change them to prevent these accounts from being stolen, so now all you have to do is access each of your accounts to change the password.
The good thing is that if you are doing the process from Google Chrome, it will offer you the option to overwrite your password so you can
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