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Title: Yahoo wants to kill the password one text message at a time Post by: HCK on March 17, 2015, 09:00:19 am Yahoo wants to kill the password one text message at a time
<article> <section class="page"> <p> With the backing of Google and Microsoft, the FIDO Alliance (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2884886/windows-10-embraces-password-killing-biometric-authentication.html) wants to kill passwords through biometrics like fingerprints and eye scans. Yahoo, however, is trying a different approach—one that looks a lot like the two-factor authentication we have now.</p><p> During SXSW on Sunday, the company announced a new feature for U.S. users called on-demand passwords (http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/113708272894/a-new-simple-way-to-log-in). Instead of keeping a single password in your memory or a password manager like LastPass, Yahoo will send a one-time login code to your mobile phone every time you want to sign-in to your Yahoo account.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2896782/yahoo-wants-to-kill-the-password-one-text-message-at-a-time.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Yahoo wants to kill the password one text message at a time (http://www.macworld.com/article/2896782/yahoo-wants-to-kill-the-password-one-text-message-at-a-time.html#tk.rss_all) |