Imagine if when you sit down down at your computer it recognise you and unlocked all of your WWW score . No more logging in to anything . That ’s the promise of this new app by Ford . Yes , the car company .
Like other company Ford has been using NFC key for a while . When you ’re close to your car , it unlock . So easy . Now the fellowship has created Ford Keyfree , a Chrome extension which does essentially the same thing for your password . Your “ key ” is your smartphone . When you ’re close to your automobile , your phone talk to the Chrome extension via Bluetooth and automatically get into all of your passwords . When you walk away , the extension lumber you out . vivid .
Ford Keyfree is a slick , sound slice of oeuvre . It release out Detroit CAN introduce . As you could see from the picture above it ’s obviously a marketing gimmick , and there are some practical protection concerns . Is n’t it kind of weird that all someone call for to get into my raw account is my phone ? What ’s the proximity radius ? what is more , since the app uses Bluetooth , it ’ll put a strain on your battery .
The app is only available in France mightily now . Ford reportedly plans to bring its password manager to America shortly . [ Fast Company ]
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