According to ‘Have I Been Pwned?’ (https://haveibeenpwned.com), the details of over 10 billion online accounts have been leaked online. That’s an awful lot of email addresses, usernames and passwords waiting to be abused, but hackers will always want more. It’s vital therefore to be warned when your passwords have been exposed in a data breach.
Chrome has been showing warnings for over a year, and now Google has added them to Android. Whenever you create a new password in the Autofill service, or sign into an account using Autofill (ie, you don’t need to type your login details), Android will check whether the password has leaked online. If so, it will show a warning, with a link to ‘Check passwords’ (see screenshot). This takes you to the Password Manager page,…
