Microsoft Edge is the company's latest attempt to dominate the browser market, using Google's tried and tested recipe.
And because Google Chrome has a feature Password monitor, η εταιρεία αποφάσισε να την συμπεριλάβει στον browser της. Έτσι η νέα λειτουργία εμφανίστηκε στις εκδόσεις Canary and Dev.
Why do you need a password monitor in your browser?
The answer is simple. Such a feature allows the app to check your passwords and determine if they are circulating online, from some breach. The password monitor feature will alert you as soon as this happens, prompting you to change it code access exposed as soon as possible.
Microsoft explains that such a feature is useful, as many continue to use the same password over and over again.
"Hackers use automated scripts to try out different leaked username and password combinations to break into other accounts. "When an account is breached, its owner may be the target of identity theft, money laundering or other illegal activities," the company said.
The password monitor feature checks your passwords from a list of passwords that are known to be circulating online after breaches. If a match is detected, a notification is automatically sent to your device.
How can you activate the password monitor?
It's very easy, as long as you run some of the latest Canary or Dev versions of Microsoft Edge. Microsoft has added a special option that you will find if you follow the path (after logging in to your account):
Microsoft Edge - Settings - Profiles - Passwords - Show alerts when passwords are found in an online leak
Currently, the feature ships disabled in Microsoft Edge, so you'll need to enable it manually. We don't yet know if Microsoft will enable this feature by default for everyone once the stable one is released version of the formerletterof browsing.
