Google acquired SlickLogin, a startup Israeli company that developed a technology which can verifies and authenticates online accounts using high frequency ultrasonic sounds that are inaudible to the human ears.
“Google was the first company to offer two-step verification to everyone, for free,” SlickLogin further continued, “and they’re working on some great ideas that will make the Internet safer for everyone.”
SlickLogin claims to offer "military grade security" which uses two step process by placing your phone next to your PC or tablet. When you sign in via SlickLogin enabled website, the PC or tablet will play ultrasonic sound which our smartphone can hear. The Smartphones authenticates with SlickLogin Servers and grant access to the account.
Each sound produced is unique and cannot be reused.
In August 2013, SlickLogin founders Or Zelig, Eran Galili and Ori Kabeli started to develop their program on ultrasonic technology, By September, they presented their program at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. Later in December they registered as an official company.
SlickLogin website said, "Today we're announcing that the SlickLogin team is joining Google, a company that shares our core beliefs that logging in should be easy instead of frustrating, and authentication should be effective without getting in the way."
Other then ultrasound, SlickLogin also uses, NFC, QR Codes, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth for verification and authentication of accounts.
Google acquired five Israel-based companies in recent years like iRows in 2006, LabPixies in 2010, MentorWave Technology in 2010 and Waze last year and SlickLogin recently.
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