How to protect your Google account with Password Alert utility

In front of mass-based phishing attacks in the browser, Google is constantly deploying its sophisticated security system quietly. In addition, the company also provides an official Chrome extension to help protect Google accounts called Password Alert.

Password Alert is a quick installer from the Chrome Web store. Once installed, this open source extension will protect your Google Apps for Work accounts and Google Drive applications and launch phishing attacks.

Install Password Alert

If you type the Google password into a website other than the login page from Google, Password Alert will display a warning about the suspicious site.

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Thanks to that warning, you can quickly change the password you just entered into the fake website. That is also the reason why you should be in the habit of using different passwords for each site to ensure getting the best security form.

How Password Alert works

After installing Password Alert, Chrome will save the user's password thumbnail in the browser's local memory. If you enter a password to a website other than the Google login page, Password Alert will compare that password with the saved thumbnail and send a message to the user indicating that they are facing the risk of password theft, helping Users promptly update new passwords to protect themselves.

The system only remembers this information for security purposes and will not share it with anyone.

Do you use the Password Alert utility to protect your Google account? If not, please install and experience now!

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