You don’t need a lecture. You need three simple jobs: know if a password is weak, make a stronger one, and check whether an old favorite already leaked. Free tools on this site cover each job — no account required.
1. Is this password weak? → PassCheck
Open PassCheck, type a
password you’re considering, and read the plain-English feedback.
Length and uniqueness matter more than sprinkling one “!” at the end of
Fluffy2010.
2. Make a better one → PassGen
PassGen builds a strong random password you can copy into a manager or a safe list. Don’t reuse it on email and banking.
3. Has it leaked before? → PassBreach
PassBreach checks known breach data with a privacy-friendly method (your full password isn’t sent to us). Details in Was my password in a breach?
A simple family rule
- Email password is unique and long — protect that first.
- Banking and shopping each get their own.
- Turn on two-factor (app or text) where you can.
- If a password failed PassBreach, change it everywhere you reused it.
FAQ
- Password managers feel scary. Fair. Unique written passwords in a safe place beat one reused password on twenty sites.
- Are these tools free? Yes. No signup.