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The Stanford computer science dropout and Thiel Fellow founded identity verification startup Cognito and decentralized credit scoring app Bloom. Thankfully, Backus isn’t some amateur when it comes to security. Consumers don’t have the same kind of system, and that’s bad for security and coordination.” “In the enterprise world, team password managers reflect the reality that multiple people need to access the same account, regularly. Everyone shares passwords, but for consumers there isn’t a secure way to do that. I don’t want to find out my ex-girlfriend’s roommate has been using my account again. Over 80 percent of 13-24 year olds have given out or used someone else’s online TV password, according a study by Hub of over 2,000 US consumers.
In the future, Jam could build a business by helping friends split the costs of subscriptions. Jam is just starting to add users off its rapidly growing waitlist that you can join here, but when users get access, it’s designed to stay free to use. In his first interview about Jam, founder John Backus tells TechCrunch it will let users save login details with local encryption, add friends you can then authorize to access your password for a chosen service and broadcast to friends which of your subscriptions have room for people to piggyback on. It’s called Jam, and the questionably legal service launched in private beta this morning.
Can’t afford Netflix and HBO and Spotify and Disney+? Now there’s an app specially built for giving pals your passwords while claiming to keep your credentials safe.