Worried your login details might be floating around the dark web? There are paid solutions available which your IT expert can offer but if you’re in a pinch, Microsoft Edge can alert you if any passwords you’ve saved in the browser have appeared in a known data breach, and it only takes a moment to switch on.
Here’s how:
- Open Microsoft Edge.
- Click the three dot menu in the top right corner and select Settings.
- Go to Profiles > Passwords.
- Scroll down and toggle on ‘Show alerts’ when passwords are found in an online leak.
- If prompted, sign in with your Microsoft account to enable monitoring.
Pro tip: you can also click Scan now to run an instant check on your saved credentials. If Edge flags anything, update the password immediately, ideally using a strong, unique replacement.
