What does a password-strength checker estimate?
A password-strength checker estimates how difficult a candidate may be to guess from characteristics such as length and character variety. This page provides immediate local feedback to catch short or narrow passwords before use without transmitting the value to a server.
The current scorer is a heuristic rather than a cracking simulation or breach lookup. Names, dates, keyboard walks, repeated fragments, and common substitutions can receive more credit than they deserve, while a high score cannot prove that a password is unique. Pair the result with the Password Leak Checker and store credentials in a password manager.