当涉及在线安全和隐私时，密码起着最重要的作用，对吧？最新版本的Microsoft Edge为您 带来了密码生成器(Password Generator)和密码监视器(Password Monitor)。密码监视器(Password Monitor)功能会告诉您存储的密码是否已在网络上泄露。密码生成器(Password Generator)功能将帮助您生成强密码。
在当前在家工作的(work from home)情况下，整个世界都已经数字化，我们的交易也是如此。全球使用数百个在线支付网关，事实上，我们的密码是我们所有财富和凭证的唯一保护。为所有重要帐户保留一个强密码并为不同帐户保留不同的密码非常重要。
我们知道创建一个强密码有多难，更难的是管理不同的密码。这就是密码生成器(Password Generator)和密码监视器(Password Monitor)将为您提供帮助的地方。
(Password Generator)Microsoft Edge中的密码生成器
如果您习惯于为您的帐户保留通用密码，我相信您的密码被拒绝了很多。通用密码很容易被猜到，因此从不推荐或批准。因此，您只剩下两个选择，要么使用您的创造力创建强密码，要么使用Microsoft Edge的强密码生成器。
要在Edge中启用密码生成器(Password Generator)：
- 前往设置
- 选择密码。
- 单击密码上的箭头
- 打开“建议强密码”的切换(Toggle)
- 请(Please)注意，此设置仅在密码同步(Password Sync)和提供密码保存(Offer to Save Passwords)功能打开时有效。
您可以在我们的文章中阅读更多内容—— 如何在 Edge 中禁用或启用建议密码。(How to disable or enable Suggested Passwords in Edge.)
(Password Monitor)Microsoft Edge中的密码监视器发现泄露的密码
好的(Okay)，现在您使用密码生成器为您的所有帐户设置了最强大的密码，但仍然会发生违规行为，您会看到严酷的世界。这就是密码监视器(Password Monitor)出现的地方——Microsoft Edge(Microsoft Edge)的一项新功能，它提供对所有密码的暗网扫描。
此功能可让您扫描密码以查找最近发生的所有数据泄露事件。如果您的任何密码在任何违规行为中被泄露，此监视器将通知您并提示您更改密码。
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每当您的任何密码与泄露密码列表匹配时，都会向您发送此通知。单击(Click)查看详细信息(View Details)以查看您的哪些密码被泄露。
您可以根据自己的喜好更改密码或忽略密码。但是，建议在密码泄露后立即更改密码。如果您想更新密码，只需单击更改 (Change )，它将带您到相应的网站。
除了此通知外，您每次访问密码泄露的网站时也会看到警报。如果您不想看到此警报，只需单击密码监视器(Password Monitor)页面中的忽略按钮。
尽管Microsoft会定期进行此扫描，但您也可以通过单击立即扫描(Scan)按钮手动扫描您的密码。扫描整个数据库需要几秒钟的时间，您将看到您的任何密码是否在最近的违规行为中泄露。
在Edge中打开密码监视器(Password Monitor)
- 登录您的 Microsoft 帐户
- 转到Settings > Profiles > Passwords。
- 打开开关，显示“在在线泄漏中发现密码时显示警报”(Show alerts when passwords are found in an online leak”)。
您也可以直接在地址栏中粘贴以下内容并按Enter：
edge://settings/passwords/passwordmonitor
如果您的帐户已同步，密码监视器将自动启用。
Microsoft Edge会定期检查是否在违规列表中找到了您的任何密码。Edge将针对网络上的各种服务和数据库扫描您存储的密码，并通知您是否有任何密码在网络上泄露。
您还将获得更改泄露密码的帮助。它还将识别您使用相同用户名/密码组合的URL并提醒您。(URLs)
此外，Microsoft或任何其他方都无法在您的密码被监控时跟踪或存储您的密码。
密码监视器(Password Monitor)的这项功能刚刚开始推出，并正在全球逐步推出，所以如果您在浏览器中看不到它，请耐心等待，您可能需要几天才能在浏览器中看到它。
Password Monitor & Password Generator in Microsoft Edge
When it is about online security and privacy, pasѕwords play the most important role, right? The latest version of Microsoft Edge brings in Password Generator and Password Monitor for you. The Password Monitor feature will tell you if any of your stored passwords have been leaked on the web. The Password Generator feature will help you generate strong passwords.
With the current work from home situation, the entire world has gone digital and so have our transactions. There are hundreds of online payment gateways used worldwide and as a matter of fact, our passwords are the only protection to all our wealth and credentials. It is very important to keep a strong password for all your important accounts and also to keep different passwords for different accounts.
We know how difficult it is to create a strong password and even more difficult is to manage different passwords. This is where the Password Generator and Password Monitor will help you.
Password Generator in Microsoft Edge
If you are in a habit of keeping the generic passwords for your account, I am sure your passwords are refused a lot. Generic passwords are very easy to guess and thus are never recommended or approved. So, you have only two options left, either use your creativity to create a strong password or use the strong password generator by Microsoft Edge.
To enable Password Generator in Edge:
- Go to Settings
- Select Passwords.
- Click on the arrow on Passwords
- Turn on the Toggle of ‘Suggest Strong Passwords’
- Please note that this setting works only when Password Sync and Offer to Save Passwords are turned On.
You can read more in our post titled – How to disable or enable Suggested Passwords in Edge.
Password Monitor in Microsoft Edge finds compromised passwords
Okay so now you have the strongest passwords for all your accounts with the password generator but breaches still happen, harsh world you see. This is where Password Monitor comes into the scene- a new feature by Microsoft Edge which offers the dark web scanning of all your passwords.
This feature lets you scan your passwords for all the recent data breaches that happened. If any of your passwords is compromised in any of the breaches, this monitor will notify you and will prompt you to change the password.
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This notification will be sent to you every time any of your passwords matches the list of breached passwords. Click on View Details to see which of your passwords were compromised.
You can change the password or ignore it as per your own preference. However, it is recommended to change the password as soon as it gets leaked. If you wish to update the password, just click on Change and it will take you to the respective website.
Besides this notification, you will also see an alert every time you visit a website whose password is leaked. If you don’t want to see this alert, simply click on the ignore button from the Password Monitor page.
Though Microsoft does this scan periodically, you can also scan your password manually just by click on Scan Now button. It takes a few seconds to scan the entire database and you will see if any of your passwords are leaked in the recent breaches.
Turn on the Password Monitor in Edge
- Sign in to your Microsoft account
- Go to Settings > Profiles > Passwords.
- Turn on the toggle saying, “Show alerts when passwords are found in an online leak”.
You could also directly paste the following in the address bar and hit Enter:
edge://settings/passwords/passwordmonitor
If your account is synced in, the password monitor will automatically be enabled.
Microsoft Edge, on a regular basis, keeps checking if any of your passwords were found in a breached list. Edge will scan your stored passwords against various services and databases on the web and inform you if any of your passwords have been leaked on the web.
You will also be offered help to change your leaked password. It will also identify URLs where you have used the same username/password combination and alert you about it.
Furthermore, neither Microsoft nor any other party can track or store your passwords while they are being monitored.
This feature of Password Monitor has just started rolling out and is being gradually rolled-out worldwide, so if you cannot see it in your browser, please be patient it may take a couple of days for you to see it in your browser.
