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This handy Chrome update helps fix your bad passwords
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If you want to keep your personal information safe, you need to use strong passwords for all online accounts. Not all of us take the time to do that, even though easy or repetitive passwords put you at risk of being compromised by cybercriminals.
Your accounts contain tons of information that can be used for phishing, identity theft or other crimes, and criminals are itching to get their hands on it. It’s important to use strong, unique passwords for every account. If you’re hesitant because you’re concerned about forgetting them, a password manager can help.
New features for Google Chrome can help, too. The update for Chrome 88 is finally rolling out, and it adds some useful new password features to the mix. Here’s what you need to know about the update.
Here’s the backstory
If you use Google Chrome, you’ll be happy to know that a new version has started rolling out. This version of Chrome, known as Chrome 88, comes equipped with some useful new safety tools, including a feature that will not only identify your compromised passwords but weak ones as well.
This Chrome version also gives you an easy way to update all of the Chrome-managed passwords you use. Rather than updating those passwords in the accounts, you can use Chrome settings post-update to do it all in one place. This feature has already rolled out on desktop and iOS and will be rolling out for Android soon.
That’s not all the update is adding to the mix, either. Several smaller features are also being introduced with Chrome 88, including a darkened scroll bar for dark mode and light and dark themes for Chromebook. FTP support has also been completely removed as part of this update, along with the hidden Flag setting and support for macOS Yosemite.
Why does it matter to you?
The major plus of this update is that if you use Chrome’s built-in password manager you’ll now have some extra options to choose from. While we recommend standalone password managers, this new feature at least provides some level of security.
You can also use Chrome’s weak password feature to ensure that your passwords are as strong as they could be and that none of them have been compromised. This will help prevent your accounts from being accessed without permission — which is extremely important to keep personal information secure and private.
It also helps streamline your password management process, making it simple to update login information whenever necessary.
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