How to protect your passwords on the Internet with Google Chrome

Yesterday, February 5, the International Safe Internet Day was celebrated. And, of course, we are going to repeat how important it is to have a good password to keep at bay all those who feel an unusual pleasure in meddling in the lives of others, or who can even get good returns by stealing data and, in some cases, even real money. In this sense, Google wants to make your accounts even more protected (even if the company itself is later accused of collecting data between minors).To do this, the Internet giant has provided its users with two important updates to keep our data safe. First, a Google Chrome extension called Password Checkup, which protects against third-party attacks, and second, a new feature called Cross Account Protection.

Protecting your passwords is now easier in Google Chrome

Thanks to this new extension called Password Checkup, if the user uses a password or a username on a website that has been compromised in its security (Google ensures that there are more than 4,000 million credentials that have been detected), you will get a prompt, suggesting that you change your password. To download Password Checkup we just have to go to its link in Chrome and download it. It will be installed automatically.

Once you have installed it, the tool icon will appear in the upper right part of the screen. Now, when Google detects that your password may be compromised, a red warning will appear in the middle of the screen, inviting you to change your password so you don't have to fear any data leaks, scams or theft. If you receive this notice, please proceed as follows.

How Google acts with your data in its new security features

• Enter the site where your unsafe password is found
• Change the password for this place and everyone who uses the same password
• If the website that has been compromised by a bad password can get additional security, such as two-step verification, feel free to enable it.
• It is always wise to ignore the extension's warning. Even so, if you decide to ignore it, you just have to click on 'Close' within the notice, as well as stop all future notifications by selecting Ignore on this website

  

According to Google itself, it is quite unusual for a third party to be able to access your own Google account. To do this, the Internet giant has created a series of tools to deal with them. Some tools, however, that do not work in those accounts that you access through your own Google account. To tackle this problem they have created the Cross Account Protection When the sites have implemented this new function, Google will be able to notify you if an account has been hijacked, keep you informed through security reports.

This new function has been designed, according to Google, within very strict privacy parameters. For example, it will only share information about the event, the hijacking of the account, sharing information with the applications that you have accessed using your Google account.For app developers using Firebase or Google Cloud Identity for Customers & Partners this feature is implemented by default.

Via | Google Blog