Probably all of us are concerned about our online security. However, with the increasing number of applications that we use, and especially because of how very electronic our lives have become, it is almost impossible to memorize all the pins and passwords that we need in our daily lives. Precisely for this reason, any app that helps us in this matter is welcomed, and given its originality when it comes to managing keys and the way it uses the data, i think you should meet clef. And precisely today we make her the protagonist of Androidsis.
The proposal is not the usual one to save our data on a secure server. Nor is it about creating secret notes. Or create a kind of algorithm that allows us to remember each key associated with each active service. In this case, the proposal they make us is replace all your passwords with your mobile with the Clef app. And how does that work? Well then we are going to show you, but it is about your mobile becoming, literally, the access door to the rest of the services that require a key or password.
clef allows the user to create a unique profile for their mobile terminal that will always be kept on their phone. Thus, the initial configuration of it can be somewhat cumbersome, but you will only need to do it once, and then access will be automatic, as you will be able to see below. Once this profile has been created, we will have to open Cleg and scan the screen of the computer or other device that we want to access using that data. The app detects it, and creates a signing key using OAuth 2.0. Once it verifies that it is you, through the private key that you have stored in your phone and that is never shared, it asks you to scan an image that appears on the screen to give you access. Ready, you are in!
This is how Clef works
The truth is that we should make sure that what the developers tell us about the safe storage of all this data is so and that they are not compromised for any reason. And then, of course, never forget our cell phone, because what Clef has an advantage could have it in that case of disadvantage. If you run out of battery, forgot your smartphone or it has been stolen, you will have gotten into trouble. At the very least, you will be left without the access you were used to.
For everything else, the truth is that I have loved how it works, and it seems to me that it is an option accessible to any type of user; from the most advanced to the newest. Maybe that's why it's getting such good reviews. Also, at least for now, Clef has no cost. In any case, for it to work, in addition to the Android application, to which we leave you the link at the end of the post, you will have to download the extension for Chrome. In this way, the use is limited to web browsing using said service. Being one of the most used and multiplatform, it is not a particularly worrying issue. But it is worth mentioning it to avoid disappointment if any of our readers are not a regular user of the Google browser.
If you liked the idea that we have just presented, and you want to try it, I will tell you that Clef is a free application, which you can download on Google Play from the link above. It is compatible with any device running Android 2.3 or a higher version of the operating system.
