Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Google acquires password-killing startup SlickLogin...

TRYING to remember all your online passwords can tie you up in a panicky, confused state.

But Google might be changing all that with a sound-based password only your phone can hear.

Google has acquired SlickLogin, an Israeli security startup that delivers a smart alternative to having to access sites that require both a passwords and authentication code that’s sent to your mobile.

This time-consuming process will hopefully be banished as the new technology from SlickLogin lets you hold your mobile up to your computer to ‘listen’ to the website’s ultra-sonic sound. This inaudible sound is encrypted with data and the unique confirmation required is heard by the phone and sent back to the SlickLogin servers, and you’re in. Full story...

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