Testing Password Strength Using Google
Password is very important because with password we are able to protect our confidential data from being accessed by wrong person. So that is why it is very important that to use a complex password BUT easy to remember when choosing your password.
As far as I know, strong password must contain numbers, letters and symbols. Have you choosen a strong password for example for your email account? Well then, let’s test whether that password is strong or not.
So how do you test it? The easy way is by using Google. I love Google since it has a lot of hidden services and hacks. Google has tried to help us by creating a new service (although not yet advertised) that will give a security rating for every password as follows:
- Not secure
- Adequate
- Could use some improvment
- This is secure
At this point, the page only shows the number relating to how secure the password is without any explanation of what it means, so bear in mind the score and refer to the legend above.
To see how secure your password is, use the form below. The response will be a number which you can compare to the list above to see how secure it is.
Jimbo
on November 13th, 2008
Whatever will Google think of next?
Steve
on January 5th, 2009
Hey,
If I start offering to check the strength of people’s passwords will they start sending them to me so I can compile a list of favourites too?