Google on Wednesday announced that its Password Checkup tool has been added to the Account password manager, and the company has unveiled some new security and privacy features for YouTube, Maps and Assistant.
Launched in February 2019 as an extension for Chrome, Password Checkup is designed to display a warning whenever users log in to a website with credentials that are known to have been compromised in a third-party data breach.
Password Checkup has now been added to the password manager in Google Account. This integration will enable Google to warn users not only if their passwords have been compromised in a third-party breach, but also if they are reusing passwords across different websites, and if their passwords are weak.
In the future, Google says, Password Checkup will be directly integrated into Chrome and users will benefit from the tool without the need to install the extension.
Google also announced on Wednesday the results of an online security consumer survey conducted by The Harris Poll. The survey of nearly 3,500 individuals in the U.S. showed that 75% are frustrated by the task of keeping track of their passwords, and nearly a quarter have used common and weak passwords such as “abc123,” “password” and “123456.”
Over a quarter of respondents have admitted trying to guess someone else’s password and 17% of them claim to have succeeded. The study also showed that 43% have someone else’s active password and the same percentage admitted sharing their password with someone.
While 4 in 10 Americans said their personal information has been compromised online and nearly half of them lost money as a result, only 45% said th ..
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