Computers, bank accounts, e-mail addresses. Our passwords are very important because they allow us to access private information, services or our e-mail addresses that also contain personal details. That's why it is very important to use a complex password that contains both numbers and letters. But, even if we use a very difficult password, sometimes we feel that it's not safe enough and it can be hacked with ease. That's why Google tries to help us by creating a new hidden service that will give a security rating for every password.

Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped posted a message on the official blog to present the service provided by Google. "OK, I don't suggest this is something you ought to use in "real live," but Google has a website that you can pass a password as parameter, and it will return the password strength from 1 (least secure) to 4 (most secure). For example, according to this API, "secret" and "hello" are very insecure, "rabbit" is a bit more secure, and "Fred_1" is very secure," he said.

How can you test the strength of your password using the Google service? All you need to do is to visit this site that will take you directly to the search giant's solution. I must specify that the company does not provide any official website or interface for this link so you will use it at your own risk. After you clicked on the link mentioned above, look into the browser's address bar and observe the final "replaceme" tag. That's the password field, so you must replace it with your password and then press enter. Google will analyze it and then will return you the number that corresponds with your word: 1 is the least secure and 4 is the most secure.