{{Short description|Israeli start-up company}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = SlickLogin | logo = | type = Private | industry = Information Technology | website = {{URL|http://www.slicklogin.com}} }} '''SlickLogin''' was an Israeli start-up company that developed sound-based password alternatives.<ref name="bp">{{cite web|title=Google acquires Sound Based Password Developing Firm SlickLogin|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/google-acquires-sound-based-password-developing-firm-slicklogin/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref> The company's goal was to enable end users to log in easily to password-protected websites by using a uniquely generated sound.<ref>{{cite web|title= SlickLogin Aims To Kill The Password By Singing A Silent Song To Your Smartphone |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/slicklogin-wants-to-kill-the-password-by-singing-a-silent-song-to-your-smartphone/ |date=Sep 9, 2013 |last1= Kumparak |first1= Greg |website=TechCrunch |accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref>
The company was founded by Or Zelig, who served as the firm's CEO, Eran Galili, CTO, and Ori Kabeli, VP of R&D. They were recent graduates of the IDF's elite cyber-security unit-security unit and spent over six years working on information security projects.
In February 2014, Google announced the acquisition of the company.<ref>{{cite web|title= Maker of sound-based password systems |url= http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-acquires-slicklogin-sound-based-passwords-become-mainstream-218342.html |date=17 Feb 2014 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Tech2 |accessdate=17 February 2014}}</ref>
SlickLogin used various protocols to start verifying your phone's position: WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, visual markers like QR codes, and GPS. Their self-dubbed "secret sauce" was the use of uniquely generated sounds intentionally made inaudible to the human ear.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} The user's computer played sound through speakers, while a mobile app used the device's built-in microphone to pick up the audio, analyze it, and send the signal to the site's server for authentication.
== See also == * SilverPush * Near sound data transfer
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== External links == * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20140217104906/http://www.slicklogin.com/}} (archived)
Category:Google acquisitions Category:Software companies of Israel Category:Information technology companies of Israel Category:Companies based in Tel Aviv