Securely providing a password using an internet of things (IOT) system

An apparatus comprising:

• an Internet of Things (IoT) service to establish a first communication channel with a user's mobile device;
• an IoT device usable for providing a User ID and password to a computer, the IoT device to establish a second communication channel with the IoT service, the IoT device having been previously registered with the IoT service;
• the IoT device to establish a third communication channel with the computer;
• the IoT service receiving a request from the mobile device to transmit a User ID and/or password for a particular online service to the IoT device;
• the IoT service responsively encrypting the User ID and/or password to generate an encrypted User ID and/or password and transmitting the encrypted User ID and/or password to the IoT device;
• the IoT device decrypting the encrypted User ID and/or password;
• and
• the IoT device to provide the User ID and/or password to the computer over the third communication channel, the computer causing the User ID and/or password to be provided to the online service to authenticate the user.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by one or more machines, cause the machines to perform the operations of:

• establishing a first communication channel between a user's mobile device and an Internet of Things (IoT) service;
• establishing a second communication channel between the IoT service and an IoT device, the IoT device having been previously registered with the IoT service;
• establishing a third communication channel between the IoT device and a computer on which the user is connecting to an online service;
• receiving at the IoT service a request from the mobile device to transmit a User ID and/or password for a particular online service to the IoT device;
• responsively encrypting the User ID and/or password to generate an encrypted User ID and/or password and transmitting the encrypted User ID and/or password to the IoT device;
• decrypting the encrypted User ID and/or password at the IoT device;
• and
• providing the User ID and/or password by the IoT device to the computer over the third communication channel, the computer causing the User ID and/or password to be provided to the online service to authenticate the user.