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Title: Kill the password? Yahoo tries it and it works Post by: HCK on October 19, 2015, 03:00:15 pm Kill the password? Yahoo tries it and it works
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Yahoo is trying something new: telling its users to bypass a password entirely in favor of a smartphone app through which a user grants access when a login is attempted. This seems like, in the words of one Twitter wit, two-factor authentication (2FA) with one factor. Is Yahoo’s Account Key offering (http://www.macworld.com/article/2993324/security/death-to-passwords-new-yahoo-mail-protects-with-push-notifications-instead.html) a strange decision that will poorly affect the security of those with accounts in its network?</p><p> My straightforward answer is: No. Yahoo wants to make it easier for its users to have the benefits of authorized logins while reducing the utility of stolen passwords to bad actors, and it chose a method that’s better than passwords in nearly all circumstances. Strong words, I know! I don’t expect other companies to follow immediately, but Yahoo is trying to stand out.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2993920/security/kill-the-password-yahoo-tries-it-and-it-works.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Kill the password? Yahoo tries it and it works (http://www.macworld.com/article/2993920/security/kill-the-password-yahoo-tries-it-and-it-works.html#tk.rss_all) |