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jfruh
2 years agoNew Contributor
Searching for a string within a password
Hi there -- my credit card company sends me "dark web" alerts when some credentials of mine are discovered on dark web sites. They will show you the username used along with a short subset (3-4 chara...
1P_Dave
Moderator
2 years agoHello jfruh! 👋
Thanks for the question! Are the characters that you're provided from your password consecutive or random? For example, if your password was "password" do you receive ***swor*
or do you receive p*s*w**d
.
1Password includes a tool called Watchtower that will alert you if your password or login have been exposed in a breach, have you tried using it to check if there are logins that you need to change? You can read more about Watchtower here: Use Watchtower to find account details you need to change
-Dave