Passwords are still an integral part of our lives. While logging in using a fingerprint or face scan is becoming more common, passwords are still essential for many of the apps and services we use ...

In a generation when cybercrime is common and cracking passwords is a noob’s job, the strength of a password matters. While password generators can generate very strong passwords, you can use a ...

The FBI has confirmed that 630 million stolen passwords were found on devices belonging to a single hacker. Here's how to check if yours is one of them.

If you have a 1Password membership, you can now check to see if your passwords have been compromised by data breaches and leaked on the internet. It's just a proof of concept feature for now, but ...

There are over half a billion passwords floating around the Internet, largely exposed through data breaches. That’s 500,000,000+ of your, your friends’, your families’ passwords exposed to anyone and ...

Password management service 1Password has a neat new feature that lets users check whether a password they’re thinking of using has already been breached. At which point it will suggest they pick ...

Google has now set up a tool called Password Checkup for users to check up on the security of account credentials in Chrome and this guide is designed to show how to accomplish just that. The tool in ...

Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on everything from the first iPhone to Python. He also worked at a handful of now-dead computer magazines, ...