Google rolls out Password Alert Chrome Extension


Google has launched Password Alert Chrome Extension that will warn you against phishing attacks. Password Alert will alarm you if a website that you type your sign-in information into is not a legitimate Google sign-in page.

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The free Chrome extension will issue the same warning when people use their Google password to log in to other legitimate sites. It generates a warning that the user has just been phished and should change the password immediately. Once a user installes and initializes Password Alert, Chrome will remember a “scrambled” version of your Google Account password. It only remembers this information for security purposes and does not share it with anyone.

Moving on, if you type your password into a site that isn’t a Google sign-in page, Password Alert will tell you that you are at risk of being phished so you can update your password and protect yourself. Password Alert is also available to Google for Work customers, including Google Apps and Drive for Work.


Author: Sneha Bokil

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