SOM Password Validator

This extension validates a password against a SOM map of historical password leaks.

Download

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-12-28

By: http://diogomonica.com

Users: 11

Rating: 3.00 (1)

Version: 0.0.1 (Last updated: 2014-03-25)

Creation date: 2014-03-25

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 748.54K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Analyze keywords

SOM Password Validator is a Chrome extension that uses Self-Organizing Maps to aggregate passwords that have been previously leaked on the internet and provides a different way of checking password Security.

This is the result of a research paper by Diogo Monica (https://diogomonica.com)

User reviews

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.