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Title: Death to passwords! New Yahoo Mail protects with push notifications instead Post by: HCK on October 17, 2015, 03:00:13 pm Death to passwords! New Yahoo Mail protects with push notifications instead
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Yahoo began its assault on the password in March with SMS-based two-factor authentication (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2896782/yahoo-wants-to-kill-the-password-one-text-message-at-a-time.html), and now the company wants to finish what it started. On Thursday, Yahoo announced Yahoo Account Key (http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/131217400419/yahoo-account-key-signing-in-has-never-been), a password-less method of logging in to Yahoo Mail that will roll out to other Yahoo services in the coming months.</p><p> Account Key effectively works like two-factor authentication, allowing you to authorize new logins via your smartphone or tablet. The only difference is Account Key is not a secondary back-up measure that kicks in after you've entered your password: it is the primary way you access your account.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2993324/security/death-to-passwords-new-yahoo-mail-protects-with-push-notifications-instead.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Death to passwords! New Yahoo Mail protects with push notifications instead (http://www.macworld.com/article/2993324/security/death-to-passwords-new-yahoo-mail-protects-with-push-notifications-instead.html#tk.rss_all) |