In today’s technology world, everyone rely on emails, and for each account, there is a need of password. What difficulties we have faced in such password protected accounts that they are easy to steal and easy to forget. Well, Yahoo has thought to remove this dependency to making the process of account accessing simple and more secure.
Yes, Yahoo is removing the option of password while you log-in to your account. The user-entered password will be replaced by the on-demand password. This new feature will send a text containing your password to your mobile number. Every time you log into your account, it will send a password to your smartphone.
However, this feature is currently available to access in U.S. only. Steps to follow to activate this option in your Yahoo account:
As aforementioned, this service is applicable in US, but we expect that it will soon reach in other regions too. However, the company itself has not spoken on the same. Well this feature is good as security perspective, but when your mobile isn’t with you or you are not in network coverage area, then it probably increase your trouble.
At present, its contenders Google, Facebook and Apple are offering two step authentications for account security. Yahoo seems more conscious on the same by introducing its On-demand password feature.
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