Google I/O Android users will be able to store passwords in
Google's native Smart Lock manager, in a security boon for the masses.
The Choc Factory launched the Smart Lock for Passwords at
the I/O conference in San Francisco overnight available in the Android M
developer preview.
It says developers including Orbitz, Netflix, and The New
York Times have relaunched their apps to make use of the feature.
"By integrating Smart Lock for Passwords into your
Android app, you can automatically sign users into your app using the
credentials they have saved," the company says in a developer's guide.
"Use successfully retrieved credentials to sign the
user in, or use the Credential API to rapidly on-board new users by partially
completing your app's sign in or sign up form.
"Prompt users after sign-in or sign-up to store their
credentials for future automatic authentication."
Developers can store and retrieve usernames and passwords
within Smart Lock including federated identity provider credentials using the
Credential API..
With this release Google takes itself into competition with
proprietary and open source password managers and also extends the Chrome
browser password manager which retrieved logins when users visited respective
websites in that browser.
Google announced other initiatives to tighten security
screws including the ability to approve or decline specific app permission
requests, rather than the present all-or-nothing approval process.
The finer-grained permissions regime is reminiscent of the
unstable and since scuttled App Ops hidden feature in Android 4.3 which was
nixed after its discovery. ®
Source From:- http://www.theregister.co.uk/
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