Logins without logins.

Re:Logins without logins. by hafabnew on Monday September 03, 2012 @11:50AM (#4470749)

Google already did this (in part), it was called 'Sesame' and allowed you to log in to your Google account (on a desktop browser) by scanning a on-screen QR code with your phone.

However it was apparently just an experiment, and unfortunately has been shut down.

For a bit more info: http://www.webpronews.com/open-sesame-googles-newest-securit...

Or just search for 'Google Sesame'.

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Re:Logins without logins. by ch0wn on Monday September 03, 2012 @12:17PM (#4470859)

I just noticed that it's no longer available after I wanted to post a link to it here. Does anyone know what happened to it?

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Re:Logins without logins. by _djo_ on Monday September 03, 2012 @01:07PM (#4471026)

The URL pointed to this text after it was shut down:

Hi there – thanks for your interest in our phone-based login experiment. While we have concluded this particular experiment, we constantly experiment with new and more secure authentication mechanisms.

Stay tuned for something even better!

Dirk Balfanz, Google Security Team.

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