Google’s Open YOLO project will remove the need for passwords on Android

Aug05

by Sindy Cator on August 5, 2016 at 11:31 am

Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google is partnering with password management service Dashlane to build what they’re calling Open YOLO, a new API that will allow Android apps to securely access your login credentials to sign you in without any fuss. Of course you’re wondering that name is about. Here, YOLO stands for You Only Login Once. The project is open source, which means anyone can scrutinize the code used to build it and find bugs, or even contribute and improve the API. That also means that it’ll be available for other password management services to implement in their tools. Dashlane will be the first…