Google launches new tools to help protect your accounts

To coincide with Safer Internet Day, search giant Google is launching two new tools to help users detect if their username and password have been compromised. Google's own research published today shows that many people still reuse passwords. The new tools are designed to raise awareness of account issues. Password Checkup is a new Chrome extension which detects if a username and password on a site you use has been compromised. If it has, the extension will trigger a warning and suggest that you change your password. This proactive safety measure reduces the risk of account hacking by ten times,… [Continue Reading]