AndroidĬhrome 86 for Android is rolling out slowly on Google Play. In addition to handling compromised passwords for you, Safety Check also flags whether Google’s Safe Browsing service is turned off and your Chrome version is up-to-date. Google also announced today it plans to bring Safety Check, first introduced in Chrome 83, to mobile. For more information, see “ Help users change passwords easily by adding a well-known URL for changing passwords.”
The purpose of the URL is to redirect users to the actual change password page. The last part works if the website in question has set a well-known URL for changing passwords (such as /change-password).
If you have a compromised password, Chrome will take you directly to the right “change password” form. Because they are encrypted, Google cannot see your username or password, the company claims. Chrome sends an encrypted copy of your usernames and passwords to Google, which checks them against lists of credentials known to be compromised. Chrome for Android and iOS now tells you if the passwords you’ve asked Chrome to remember have been compromised.
