Using the same password on multiple apps and websites is always a bad idea. If one of your accounts gets compromised in a data leak, you may lose access to all the other accounts on which you have ...

Your browser wants to manage your passwords. Maybe it's to make your browsing experience more seamless in the hotly competitive browser wars, or maybe it's a response ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps, and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals ...

Google didn't announce its password manager with a keynote or a multimillion-dollar ad campaign. The app quietly appeared on the Play Store. The old Password Manager was often neglected. It reliably ...

It hasn’t been a good year for Google. Last week, there was a glitch in Google Chrome that caused over 15 million passwords to simply disappear, forcing the global tech company to publicly apologize.

Google introduced a feature at its 2025 I/O developer conference that automates the process of changing stolen or weak passwords for users. This new feature warns users if the password they use to log ...

Following the tragic CrowdStrike outage that converted approximately 8.5 million Windows machines into devices that continuously flash the notorious blue screen of death, Google has confirmed it was ...

I’ve been on a mission to de-Google my life as much as possible in an attempt to control how much information a single company has about me. While there are some essential Google services I will never ...

Do you sometimes feel stuck in a Catch-22 regarding your long-term credential management strategy? You are. On the one hand, if the tech industry has its way -- to ...

There's no denying that saving your password on your web browser is as easy as it is convenient. When your browser politely asks if you'd like it to "save your password for next time," it feels like a ...

Think you could go nearly a day without any of your saved passwords? That's the pickle millions of Windows users found themselves in last week when their credentials stored in Google Chrome suddenly ...

Chrome is now more "helpful." Google has confirmed its latest Chrome upgrade offer for 2 billion users. This appears to make the world’s most popular browser even more convenient and fearture-rich, ...