Google and Dashlane come up with OpenYOLO

Passwords is the most used security authentication but it may not be that secure because it is just a word and can easily be forgotten. Several phone companies were able to make users stop using passwords and was replaced by biometric data.

Well, it looks like the folks at Google want to bring it further with the cooperation of Dashlane to create OpenYOLO. This API will remove the need of entering passwords on Android.

Like Android, OpenYOLO will be open sourced with means that anyone will be able to contribute to improve the API and remove bugs. It also means that other companies as well will be able to integrate their services after Dashlane. Here the YOLO stands for ‘You Only Login Once’.

OpenYOLO will first target apps built for Android, but the hope is to include other platforms over time, “universal implementation by various apps and password managers across all platforms and operating systems,” Dashlane said in a separate release. Developers will soon be able to contribute on the developer page of Google. An attempt to tackle the problem of passwords was once done by Google with Smart Lock, also for signing into Android apps, and has also said that it is working to launch by the end of this year a password-free authenticator, currently named Project Abacus, that instead uses biometrics data.

Dashlane stated that Smart Lock will integrate in OpenYolo. Android lead engineer at Dashlane, Stanojko Markovikjm, said that OpenYOLO is not meant to replace Smart Lock.

So what do you guys think about OpenYOLO? Let us know in the comment section down below.

Via: | The Next Web |

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Source: | Dashlane Blog |

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Image Credits: | The Next Web |

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