{"id":92870,"date":"2017-08-07T15:21:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=92870"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:49:15","slug":"is-your-password-as-secure-as-you-think-test-it-out-with-this-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/is-your-password-as-secure-as-you-think-test-it-out-with-this-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your password as secure as you think? Test it out with this tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all use several passwords for the different web services we use daily. The issue is, <\/span>are these passwords as secure as we think, or have they ever been hacked? <\/b>The answer to this question is found on <\/span>Pwned Passwords<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pwned Passwords is a website created by security expert Troy Hunt. What he\u2019s done is compiled all the passwords that have ever been compromised and, thus, have led to <\/span>potential victims of data theft by hackers.<\/b><\/p>\n

This information has been turned into a simple search engine where by entering any <\/span>sequence of characters<\/b>, you\u2019ll know if it has been compromised before or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Does your result pop up in red? <\/span>That\u2019s because this password appears in the database of affected passwords. <\/b>If you\u2019re using it for any service, change it immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Does your result show up in green? Great, <\/span>this password hasn\u2019t been compromised,<\/b> but don\u2019t trust it quite yet:<\/b> this doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s secure or it hasn\u2019t ever been compromised, just that it\u2019s not on the list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides offering this useful tool, Troy Hunt has published some tips about passwords on this same website. Here\u2019s the lowdown:<\/span><\/p>\n