Name: Chrome on your phone can help spot if your passwords have been hacked
Brand: cnet.com
SKU: cnet-com-299
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Chrome on your phone can help spot if your passwords have been hacked

preview

FollowGoogle also embraces an Apple idea to make changing your password easier.Stephen ShanklandPrincipal writierStephen Shankland has been a reporter at CNET since 1998 and writes about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and other new technology. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.2 min readrunning on your smartphone now can check whether your passwords have been hacked. The feature previously worked on personal computers, but now works on and devices powered by Android, the company said Tuesday.The feature sends usernames and passwords to Google servers to check if they've been compromised in known data breaches. Google itself can't see your usernames or passwords, though, only check if they match ones that have been compromised.Google's password check, which arrives Tuesday with the release of Chrome 86, only works if you use Chrome to store your passwords. But the idea also is built into third-party password managers like 1Password and browsers like Firefox, and ., and other browsers like Brave, Internet, Opera and are built with Google's open-source Chromium browser engine.That usage means Google has outsized influence over the web. Google is moving as fast as possible to make the web a vibrant competitor to Google's Android and Apple's . But , raising tensions in the tech industry and among developers.One area where Google and Apple get along is with a new feature designed to make it easier for people to change passwords. The feature, created by Apple engineers, makes it possible for software like browsers or . supports it in Chrome 86.Chrome 86 on iOS also adds support for a protection that Chrome for Android already has, a needed before the browser autofills your usernames and passwords into a website.And the new browser adds to Android devices a Google option called to steal your username and password credentials or other sensitive information.If you enable it, it'll send real-time browsing data to Google if you're logged in. That lets Google catch fast-acting attacks that could evade Chrome's ordinary list of blocked websites that's updated every 30 minutes. It also lets Google check for related security problems with other services like Gmail and , the new name for Google's G Suite productivity tools.Get the CNET Mobile newsletterFind the best phones, apps and accessories with our CNET Mobile newsletter. Delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays.

FollowGoogle also embraces an Apple idea to make changing your password easier.Stephen ShanklandPrincipal writierStephen Shankland has been a reporter at CNET since 1998 and writes about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and other new technology. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.2 min readrunning on your smartphone now can check whether your passwords have been hacked. The feature previously worked on personal computers, but now...

public

Stephen Shankland

CNET, formerly Computer Network, is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally. Founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition in 2008.

cnet.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Chrome on your phone can help spot if your passwords have been hacked

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS