How To Know Your Password Has Been Broken Using The Password Checkup Application

YOGYAKARTA - The technology giant that dominates the internet market in the world today, Google revealed that the passwords used by internet users in Indonesia are weak and vulnerable to being hacked by cybercriminals.

Therefore, you can create a password with a safe combination of numbers and letters so that your account is not easily hacked. Users can also use the Password Checkup Tool to find out if the password you are using is easy to hack or not.

The Password Checkup tool can see if the password you are using has been used repeatedly, and assess whether the password combination can secure your account properly or not.

In addition, you can also see which accounts stored in Google Chrome have been hacked, or have experienced hacking attempts using the Password Checkup Tool. Therefore, you can update your password to increase security.

These tools are not new features, but the development of Password Manager which is owned by Google. However, you can use it in line with a report from Google that says internet users in Indonesia are vulnerable to being hacked because the passwords used for their accounts are not very strong.

If you are still confused about using the Password Checkup Tools contained in the Google Chrome extension, users can follow the steps that have been compiled by VOI team as follows.

How to Use Password Checkup

To use the Password Checkup security feature in Google Chrome, users can access passwords.google.com. Next, you will be asked to login using your Google or Gmail account to perform further checks.

After logging in using a Google or Gmail account, Password Checkup will display service details and passwords that have been stored in Password Manager complete with analysis.

The analysis will show whether the password used in each account stored on Google. The categories used are moderately strong, weak, hacked, and so on. Users will also be given recommendations to improve the security level of their passwords.

Thus, users can find out whether the passwords used on their accounts, both email and social media accounts are safe enough or need to be replaced with other passwords so they are not easily hacked.

That was how to use the extension or Password Checkup Tools found in the Google Chrome browser. Users can set it up to check the security that each account password you use has.