Internet users never seem to learn, continuing to use the same easy-to-remember passwords, leaving themselves vulnerable to unwanted users accessing their personal data. If you're one of them, it's time to pay attention and check right now if you're using a hacked password with PassProtect.
By now, it's very likely that at least one of your regularly used online accounts has been compromised by a data breach. Don't believe me? Check the Have I Been Pwned portal to see if one of your passwords is already floating around the web. But even if your account hasn't been leaked due to poor security on a website, many people use the same incorrect passwords (like 123456 and qwerty), so if you choose one of those, your password could be compromised without your account ever being leaked.
Using a 30GB database of leaked passwords, PassProtect helps you check if you're using a weak password or one that has already been exposed in a data breach. So we recommend you stay protected and use this Okta extension for Google Chrome, which lets you know if you're using a hacked password. The extension uses Cloudflare's k-anonymity to verify if your password is in the leaked password database, all in complete anonymity (without seeing, storing, or sending your password).
Once you've downloaded and installed the extension, PassProtect makes its presence known every time you type a password into a registration or login form. At that moment, you'll be notified in the browser via a pop-up window if the password you're entering has been previously hacked and is therefore unsafe. Of course, you can continue using that same password even though it's not advisable, since you're leaving the door open for unwanted users to access your personal data. Developed by Okta, PassProtect is a free extension available for Google Chrome.
You can get PassProtect for free from its official website: PassProtect
