Yahoo wants to kill the password one text message at a time<article>
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With the backing of Google and Microsoft, the
FIDO Alliance 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. 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>
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Yahoo wants to kill the password one text message at a time
