When some passwords and usernames are exposed in a data breach, Google will cross check if you are also a part of that breach, without giving out any of your information to the website. No one, including Google, is able to derive your username or password from this encrypted copy.' The compnay in the blog says, 'When you sign in to a website, Chrome will send a hashed copy of your username and password to Google encrypted with a secret key only known to Chrome.

Google Chrome will store your password and username as a hashed and encrypted copy and it will have a secret key that will only be known to Google.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai also tweeted about the update. In an attempt to tackle this issue, Google has announced that the new Chrome update will notify you if your password has been hacked.Īs per the latest Google Chrome 79, it will let you know if your password has been stolen. Hacking has become frequent these days and experts have revealed various ways that users today could be vulnerable to such attacks.

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