Password check
See whether a password has appeared in a data breach, without sending it anywhere: it is hashed in your browser and only the first 5 characters of the hash leave your device.
How your password stays private
- Your browser turns the password into a SHA-1 hash. The password itself is never sent.
- Only the first 5 characters of the hash are sent, which hundreds of different passwords share.
- Have I Been Pwned answers with every breached hash that starts with them, and your browser looks for the rest of its hash among them.