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Google releases Password Checkup Chrome Extension to protect accounts from data breaches

Password Checkup Chrome extension checks if username and password combinations entered by users are one of over 4 billion credentials that Google knows to have been previously compromised in data breaches. The extension is designed to ensure that Google doesn't learn users' passwords and that any breach data stays protected. Google released a Chrome extension named ‘Password Checkup’ on the Safer Internet Day (February 5, 2019). This extension checks if usernames and passwords combinations entered in login pages are one of over 4 billion credentials that Google knows to have been previously compromised in data breaches. This Password Checkup extension was developed jointly with cryptography experts at Stanford University to ensure that Google never learns users username or password and that any breach data stays protected from any exposure. Password Checkup extension alerts users automatically This extension works every time a user logs into an online service. T