94 PCWorld MARCH 2021HERE’S HOW HOW TO TELL IF YOUR PASSWORD HAS BEEN STOLEN
Firefox Lockwise
Firefox Lockwise, part of the free Mozilla
Firefox browser, works slightly differently.
While it doesn’t offer the recommendations
that Google does about redundant
and weak passwords, its password
monitoring feature otherwise works
in a similar fashion. It also seems to
work regardless of whether you’ve
stored a password within Firefox or
simply imported passwords from
another browser. Like Google,
though, it needs to “know” your
password, which requires you to
store it in the browser.
The easiest way to get to
Lockwise is by typing about:loginsFirefox Lockwise builds password monitoring into the
Mozilla Firefox browser.Microsoft Edge recently rolled out a complex password
generator as well as a Password Monitor feature.into the Firefox URL bar. If a
password has been exposed, you’ll
see a bright-red banner, the
account and password in question,
and a link to jump to the account in
question. (It may also flag accounts
that you may have already disabled,
as it did with a LinkedIn breach it
showed for me, which had been
tied to a previously used work
account.)Microsoft Edge Password
Monitor
In January this year Microsoft
released the much-anticipated
Password Monitor feature within
Microsoft Edge 88 (go.pcworld.com/
uppm). Like the other similar password
services offered by other browser makers,
it is free.