Google Acquires Password Sounds Startup SlickLogin

Google has acquired SlickLogin, an Israeli security startup that uses smartphones and high-frequency sounds for identity verification at Web sites. SlickLogin's three-person team revealed the acquisition in an announcement posted to the company's Web site.

"Today we're announcing that the SlickLogin team is joining Google, a company that shares our core beliefs that logging in should be easy instead of frustrating, and authentication should be effective without getting in the way," the announcement reads.

Terms of the deal were not revealed, but the acqui-hire is said to be valued at "several million," according to Geektime, which first reported the deal. CNET has contacted Google for more information and will update this report when we learn more.