Google has acquired SlickLogin, an Israeli company that specializes in developing alternative web login options. The news comes from SlickLogin itself. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
SlickLogin’s latest project allows users to log in to specific websites with a sound from their phone that they must hold in front of their computer. The project is 6 months old, and has not yet been released as a commercial product.
“We launched the app to improve security, making it super simple for anyone to log in,” SlickLogin’s founders said in a statement on their website. “Today, we can announce that the SlickLogin team will join Google.” A Google spokesperson confirmed the acquisition of the Israeli company.
The SlickLogin team will join Google's existing research and development center in Israel, and will be part of a group on security and authentication technology, according to an inside source.
