16 Dec
2016
16 Dec
'16
11:19 p.m.
Two factor authentication. Everyone's doing it.
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Alan Bourke
alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
On Fri, 16 Dec 2016, at 07:23 PM,
mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
> My step-son has a yahoo account. He showed me that now they're simply
> using an app on his phone to confirm his intention to log in instead of
> requiring a password. Seems like a great simple idea to me that may
> become the defacto standard for others in the future. No more trying to
> remember gazillion passwords...just confirm with your phone app! (Yes,
> I realize not everyone has smart phones, so there will have to be an
> alternative for those folks.)
>
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