Google is planning to help Android users move away from having to remember passwords on their many accounts through the help of standardizing password managers.
One Android smartphone could have many accounts logged in such as Google, Twitter, Netflix, Skype, Facebook and more. The problem is that the user may use different passwords for 10 accounts and it could be cumbersome to remember all of them.
Using just one password for all accounts is not recommended as a hacker who can hack one of those accounts will inevitably try out the password in other accounts as well. Google is now teaming up with Password Manager Dashlane to enable stored passwords through "Open Yolo," CNET has learned.
Yolo stands for You Only Log In Once in Google and Dashlane's project. The name sums up the feature perfectly as users will only have to login their passwords once and they will be stored on the Android smartphone after.
Google is hoping that the Open Yolo API will help other password managers besides Dashlane to support the stored passwords feature on Android and the latter has already confirmed that other companies are already participating in the project, Engadget reported. Dashlane also said that while Open Yolo is currently being developed for Android, it is possible that it could also jump to iOS and other operating systems as well.
One possible problem for users is that other people could potentially use their other accounts if they have access to their Android smartphones. A feature could be implemented where a user can login to Open Yolo and to block out their lost or stolen smartphone from accessing their accounts.
The search engine giant is expected to examine and approve the Open Yolo API in September. Dashlane said that they also hope the project will be part of something bigger than Android and mobile devices.
For now, Android users will have to stick to manually inputting their passwords. They can still save accounts on their smartphones but the mobile websites may require the retyping of the passwords as the Open Yolo API from Dashlane and the other password managers has not been approved yet by Google.