1Password warns you if you reusing leaked passwords
In the Internet age, users need to set different passwords for each service to ensure security. However, this is not friendly to people with poor memory, not to mention the large-scale database theft that has been exposed repeatedly in recent years. The good news is that Password Manager software gives us a relatively easy solution. If you are worried about the common password has been revealed in the library incident, it may wish to use 1Password to verify.
As a popular service, with immediate effect, 1Password can tell you whether the password you are currently using has been exposed during past episodes of the disclosure.
In addition to the usual three buttons for “Copy, “Reveal,” and “Large Type” (and display password strength), it also adds a “Check Password” button.
Hunt just released the second version of the “Pwned Passwords” password set the day before, and 1Password refreshed the next day.
If the password is, unfortunately, hit the library, then 1Password will prompt “Oh, found.” If the intensity is safe enough, it will give a smile – “did not find, rest assured that waves.”
If you’re interested in how Hunt’s 500 million leaked password database and the 1Password team are checking the password and ensuring the safety of users behind the scenes, read this blog post by AgileBits.
Source: SlashGear
