Reviews & Comments of SOM Password Validator chrome extension

From October 16th, 2014 to October 16th, 2014, 100% user give 3-star rating. for SOM Password Validator chrome extension.

Reviews of som password validator:


Ian Henderson October 16th, 2014
Ian Henderson

I don't understand the purpose of the meter; it seems to swing full anti-clockwise, or full clockwise which gives the same amount of information as the tick and cross. I tried some sample passwords. aaaaaaaa is apparently good, but 79wT&bcL is bad. Could be the difference between 7 and 8 characters, but the latter seems intuitively less susceptible to a dictionary attack. Might be useful to see a summary of why a candidate succeeds or fails.