With more and more passwords being used today, a growing problem is the use of the same password on different sites. It is often tempting for "ease-of-use" purposes to resort to using the same password over and over. The problem with this is that if your account information is compromised on one site, it can expose your access on other sites. Edge Chromium (Edge) has a built-in utility to monitor your password to see if it has been already compromised or stolen from other sites.
Let's set up Edge to inform you if your password has potentially been compromised:
Using the Fix Leaked Passwords feature with Edge will help keep your passwords safe. Staying on top of potentially compromised passwords can save you from future problems.
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Tomek
I have four browsers installed om my computer, an while I prefer Firefox i use all of them for different purposes.
I tried this tip and got the result of:
Leaked Passwords Scan failed. Please try again later
Does Edge only scan for passwords that saved within Edge? I have only two passwords saved in Edge.
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