Clef: new iOS and Android apps to kill passwords

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Post by landakram » Tue, Jan 22, 2013, 7:29 PM UTC

Clef: new iOS and Android apps to kill passwords
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Re: Clef: new iOS and Android apps to kill passwords

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Post by 54mf » Tue, Jan 22, 2013, 8:01 PM UTC

This is kind of brilliant. I'm going to give it a shot!

Re: Clef: new iOS and Android apps to kill passwords

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Post by morpher » Tue, Jan 22, 2013, 8:13 PM UTC

This looks like an interesting app for logging in "without passwords" by scanning QR codes using a smart phone and entering a passcode. (I consider a passcode to just be an insecure password, but we'll let that slide for now).

Unfortunately, the app crashes immediately on a 4s with iOS 5.1.1, so I can't test it out. This brings up a concern. If a bad update (like the current one) causes the app to not work with your device, you can not log into anything that uses this for authentication.

Re: Clef: new iOS and Android apps to kill passwords

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Post by brennenHN » Tue, Jan 22, 2013, 8:59 PM UTC

morpher wrote: post #3

This looks like an interesting app for logging in "without passwords" by scanning QR codes using a smart phone and entering a passcode. (I consider a passcode to just be an insecure password, but we'll let that slide for now). Unfortunately, the app crashes immediately on a 4s with iOS 5.1.1, so I can't test it out. This brings up a concern. If a bad update (like the current one) causes the app to not work with your…

I'm sorry that's not working for you morpher! We're looking into this crash right now and we'll have a fix out as soon as possible.