Providing an indication of user-tailored password strength

A computer system for providing an indication of user-tailored password strength, the computer system comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions;
• and
• a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to:
• receive a registration of a user in a password strength management service;
• receive a list of social media accounts corresponding to the user and access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list from the user;
• gather social media information corresponding to the user from the social media accounts using the access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list;
• and
• evaluate password strength of a new password string in view of the gathered social media information corresponding to the user in response to receiving an input of the new password string by the user.

A computer program product for providing an indication of user-tailored password strength, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a registration of a user in a password strength management service;
• receiving a list of social media accounts corresponding to the user and access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list from the user;
• gathering social media information corresponding to the user from the social media accounts using the access credentials corresponding to each social media account in the list;
• and
• responsive to receiving an input of a new password string by the user, evaluating password strength of the new password string in view of the gathered social media information corresponding to the user.