Hi, everyone! I would like to introduce SoundLogin - an app and technology that simplifies two-factor authentication process.
What is SoundLogin?
Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a layer of protection to the standard password method of online authentication. 2FA is offered by many web-services, such as Twitter, GitHub, Amazon Web Services, Google and many others. However, sometimes using two-factor authentication can be very painful. So, at one point, we decided to apply our technology (audio watermarking) to make life easier for people who rely heavily on two-factor authentication. SoundLogin is not a new proprietary 2FA-solution, it is helper technology that simplifies interaction with conventional 2FA systems that rely on one-time codes sent by SMS or generated by mobile apps such as Google Authenticator or FreeOTP. The SoundLogin is a solution that includes a mobile app and extension for web-browsers (although extension is only needed for compatibility with existing web-services). The SoundLogin mobile app by itself acts as a well-known Google Authenticator or FreeOTP app, and is fully compatible with these apps. However, if you install the SoundLogin browser extension, then you can skip the annoying process of manual entering of one-time passwords.
How it works?
When the user clicks on the one-time code button in the mobile app, the app plays a short notification sound (customizable), which contains an encoded one-time password (OTP). The browser captures that sound, decodes a one-time password and automatically fills in the form on the website. OTP delivery is carried out locally by the sound wave, no data is transferred over Internet, so (a) the mobile application can work off-line, (b) a remote attacker cannot intercept your one-time password. The SoundLogin Android app also provides an option (Opt-in) to extract one-time passwords from SMS messages, and send them to the browser via sound notification automatically or after user confirmation.
Here is the short Demonstration Video
Mobile applications and browser extensions are free of charge and ad-free.
The browser extensions already recognize web-pages of many well-known 2FA-enabled services, but a power user can always add his/her own form filling rules, or you can write to us and we will be happy to add a new 2FA-enabled service to our list.
Project web-site: www.soundlogin.com
Mobile app:
GooglePlay link
Browser extensions:
Chrome Web Store link
Firefox Add-ons link
Opera Add-ons link
Mobile app can be tested without browser extensions here: demo installation of WordPress with SoundLogin-enabled 2FA
App screenshots:
We are looking for your feedback! We don't have any Google Analytics or other tracking software in our app or extensions, so the only way to know how people use SoundLogin is it to get your feedback here.
Any ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!
What is SoundLogin?
Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a layer of protection to the standard password method of online authentication. 2FA is offered by many web-services, such as Twitter, GitHub, Amazon Web Services, Google and many others. However, sometimes using two-factor authentication can be very painful. So, at one point, we decided to apply our technology (audio watermarking) to make life easier for people who rely heavily on two-factor authentication. SoundLogin is not a new proprietary 2FA-solution, it is helper technology that simplifies interaction with conventional 2FA systems that rely on one-time codes sent by SMS or generated by mobile apps such as Google Authenticator or FreeOTP. The SoundLogin is a solution that includes a mobile app and extension for web-browsers (although extension is only needed for compatibility with existing web-services). The SoundLogin mobile app by itself acts as a well-known Google Authenticator or FreeOTP app, and is fully compatible with these apps. However, if you install the SoundLogin browser extension, then you can skip the annoying process of manual entering of one-time passwords.
How it works?
When the user clicks on the one-time code button in the mobile app, the app plays a short notification sound (customizable), which contains an encoded one-time password (OTP). The browser captures that sound, decodes a one-time password and automatically fills in the form on the website. OTP delivery is carried out locally by the sound wave, no data is transferred over Internet, so (a) the mobile application can work off-line, (b) a remote attacker cannot intercept your one-time password. The SoundLogin Android app also provides an option (Opt-in) to extract one-time passwords from SMS messages, and send them to the browser via sound notification automatically or after user confirmation.
Here is the short Demonstration Video
Mobile applications and browser extensions are free of charge and ad-free.
The browser extensions already recognize web-pages of many well-known 2FA-enabled services, but a power user can always add his/her own form filling rules, or you can write to us and we will be happy to add a new 2FA-enabled service to our list.
Project web-site: www.soundlogin.com
Mobile app:
GooglePlay link
Browser extensions:
Chrome Web Store link
Firefox Add-ons link
Opera Add-ons link
Mobile app can be tested without browser extensions here: demo installation of WordPress with SoundLogin-enabled 2FA
App screenshots:
We are looking for your feedback! We don't have any Google Analytics or other tracking software in our app or extensions, so the only way to know how people use SoundLogin is it to get your feedback here.
Any ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you!
via xda-developers http://ift.tt/1X9Kthh
Put the internet to work for you.
No comments:
Post a Comment