Google Announces "Password Alert" To Protect Against Phishing Attacks

HughPickens.com writes: Google has announced Password Alert, a free, open-source Chrome extension that protects your Google Accounts from phishing attacks. Once you've installed it, Password Alert will show a warning if you type your Google password into a site that isn't a Google sign-in page. This protects you from phishing attacks and also encourages you to use different passwords for different sites, a security best practice. Once you've installed and initialized Password Alert, Chrome will remember a "scrambled" version of your Google Account password. It only remembers this information for security purposes and doesn't share it with anyone. If you type your password into a site that isn't a Google sign-in page, an alert will tell you that you're at risk of being phished so you can update your password and protect yourself.

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Funny

[ArcadeMan]

Google warning us about other people trying to get our informations.

Re:Chrome will remember a "scrambled" version

[Okian Warrior]

It's sad how far Slashdot has fallen.

It's sad how smugly superior the tech nerds are here.

It's sad that non-tech people waste their time visiting a site advertising itself as "news for nerds" and then complain when someone wants the site to cater to nerds.

It's sad how entire families can be torn apart by something as simple as wild dogs.