Proton Pass follows in the footsteps of its rivals by adding an option that allows you to know the status of your passwords. Are they too weak? Too reused? Exposed on the Internet? Deprived of double authentication? You will thus know your margins of progress to do better.
This is an option found in several password managers. It’s called “Password Analysis” on Dashlane, or “Watchtower” on 1Password. On Proton Pass, it will therefore be “Pass Monitor”. The Swiss company has just launched a new tool that checks the quality of passwords.
With Pass Monitor, four features are provided.
What the Pass Monitor detects in Proton
The first makes it possible to identify weak passwords, which do not have sufficient complexity and length to resist certain attacks. In general, all codes with less than 8 characters should be avoided. It would be better to opt for double, or switch to passkeys, considered the future of passwords.
The second detects reused passwords. Good IT security hygiene requires choosing unique passwords for each platform. The interest? If one of your combinations ends up in the wild, it won’t be able to be used elsewhere. Only one account will be at risk. Everything is well partitioned.
For the third mechanism, this is to say if you have neglected to activate double authentication even though it is available. Here again, this system has one merit: if your secret code is compromised, it will not be able to be used straight away. In fact, connecting to the account requires another code, received by SMS or generated by an application linked to your phone.
As for the last option, it is only aimed at Proton Pass Plus and higher customers – that is to say paid subscriptions. Proton reserves part of its functionalities for its customers who agree to pay a monthly fee, for the good of its economic model and its activity. This also allows it to finance future services.
In this case, it involves monitoring the Dark Web, a place on the Internet where hacked databases, with identifiers and passwords, often circulate. This service acts as a lookout scanning databases and checking if matches to your codes are found. If yes, an alert will be issued.
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