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Q&A: How can I stop my browsers from asking to save passwords?

Posted on September 9, 2023

Question from Jennifer:  I have a question about pop-ups asking if I want to save the password when I log in to a website.

I never say Yes and want to disable those pop-ups. How do I disable them?

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4 reasons why you shouldn’t let your browser store your passwords

Posted on February 14, 2023

Do you let your browser remember your passwords and automatically fill them in for you every time you sign into an online account?

If so, you could well be headed for trouble.

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Q&A: Is it safe to use an online password checker?

Posted on July 25, 2022

Question from Charise:  I read that with all the hacking going on we need to check the strength of our passwords with an online password checker.

I did a Google search for the term “password checker” and a bunch of them came up. The thing is, I’m wondering if it’s safe to use them.

I’m a little leery of typing my passwords into a form on a website that I don’t know anything about.

Are those password checker websites safe to use?  [Read more…]

Warning: Password Managers put your online accounts at risk.

Posted on April 22, 2022

It’s no secret that being connected to the Internet makes our computers and mobile devices vulnerable to hackers.

Passwords have long been used to protect our online accounts from those threats, but those once-trusted passwords are becoming less effective by the day as hacking methods become increasingly sophisticated.

In short, a simple password that’s just a few characters long offers very little real protection against the sophisticated hacking methods that are being used today.  [Read more…]

How to view every password Google is storing for you

Posted on February 22, 2022

Did you know Google keeps a record of all the passwords you have stored in your Chrome browser and your signed-in Android devices right on their website?

Well, they do, and there’s an easy way to view all of those stored passwords at one time. That makes it easy to quickly retrieve a password that you might have forgotten.  [Read more…]

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