Chrome will alert you about hacked logins

■ Password Checkup cues in case of insecure password PROTECT YOUR ACCOUNT IN 4 EASY STEPS

Data breach is bitter truth of the modern web.

Every other day we wake to a hack or a breach news that may have leaked our data.

Savvy Internet users use password managers or don’t reuse passwords, but the majority of Internet users are still way behind the curve on these learnings.

Keeping all these in mind, Google has come up with a new Chrome extension, making it a little easier to stay on top of that: Once installed, Password Checkup will simply sit in your Chrome browser and alert you if you enter a username/ password combination that Google “knows to be unsafe.”

The company has also revealed a measure that it has implemented to make sure the apps and websites, where a person has used their Google account to sign in is not compromised in the case of a Google account hijacking.

When the extension detects an insecure password, it’ll prompt you with a big red dialog box to immediately update your info.

It’s handy, but users might wonder exactly what Google can see — to that end, Google says that the extension “never reveals this personal information.”

Additionally, any data reported back to Google about the extension’s use is anonymous. Google’s blog post has more details about the security the company put into place:

Google also says the extension was designed to be actionable and not too much of a pest to users. It won’t nag you if you’re using weak passwords ( think “123456” and other such gems) or tell you about other info that may have been compromised along with your username and password, like an address or phone number.