Yahoo mail and two-step authentication

debodun

debodun

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I've been getting pop-up advising me to initiate a two-step authentication to sign into Yahoo email. I am supposed to give them my phone number and they will text me a code to enter when I sign in. My phone is not text capable, but if anyone wants to look at my emails, they will certainly be bored.

I wonder if any other online email services are doing this.
 

debodun said:
I've been getting pop-up advising me to initiate a two-step authentication to sign into Yahoo email. I am supposed to give them my phone number and they will text me a code to enter when I sign in. My phone is not text capable, but if anyone wants to look at my emails, they will certainly be bored.

I wonder if any other online email services are doing this.
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Yes, I couldn't use my hotmail account (which is a legacy a/c under Outlook) for days because of issues like this. I finally got signed in some how or other, and checked the box where it says "stay signed in." That was about a month ago, and it has kept me in. When I'm done checking emails, I do not sign out.

@StarSong posted a suggestion to forward all my emails on my hotmail to a different email address so I could still get them in case I can't sign in to hotmail. I used a little known email service I have that requires no authentification, and It worked.

Next: My Yahoo email wanted to email a code to hotmail that I could use to sign in on Yahoo, and that of course meant I couldn't sign in to Yahoo when I was having trouble getting into hotmail. I was in a dead end circle.

So, as soon as I could, I changed Yahoo so that they could text me a code instead of emailing a code to hotmail. But if your phone isn't capable of receiving texts, that leaves you with few options. I thought any cell phone today could receive texts! I'm sorry to say this, but problems like this are not going away, and those who do not move with the times and have text capable devices may soon be left behind.
 

debodun said:
I've been getting pop-up advising me to initiate a two-step authentication to sign into Yahoo email. I am supposed to give them my phone number and they will text me a code to enter when I sign in. My phone is not text capable, but if anyone wants to look at my emails, they will certainly be bored.

I wonder if any other online email services are doing this.
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The 2FA(two factor authentication) is the current trend in online security. It's annoying, but so is getting hacked or spoofed.

debodun said:
Why would you assume I had a cell phone?
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The world is now a quarter way through the 21st Century, 19th and 20th century technologies are going obsolete, just like high button shoes and automobiles that have a hank crank to start the engine.
 
Nathan said:
The 2FA(two factor authentication) is the current trend in online security. It's annoying, but so is getting hacked or spoofed.


The world is now a quarter way through the 21st Century, 19th and 20th century technologies are going obsolete, just like high button shoes and automobiles that have a hank crank to start the engine.
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I use a crank to start my computer.

The crank is ME!
 
this 2 step authentication is becoming quite common for various sites - I dont need it to access my emails - but for health professional access sites , my superannuation, Paypal - a few off top of my head that apply to me.
 
January said:
this 2 step authentication is becoming quite common for various sites - I dont need it to access my emails - but for health professional access sites , my superannuation, Paypal - a few off top of my head that apply to me.
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Pretty much all .gov websites and many financial services sites will just "2FA" ya to death. :eek:

With AI coming, but more importantly Quantum Computing, online security will be many magnitudes more difficult to administer...or maybe just impossible. Pencil and paper may have to make a comeback.
 
When I turned that darn 2FA on for my comcast email, then couldn't get signed in. After a long annoying phone session with 'em, they advised me to turn 2FA off; that worked. They said be sure and turn 2FA back on tomorrow. No way; not gonna get locked out again.
 
Yahoo made major changes over the last year. I had to abandon an account. It will accept my password but then ask a security question I answered 20 plus years ago.Purposely gave answers and spellings even family couldn't figure out. But now I can't.
 
I avoid turning on 2FA if it requires texting me because half the time I don't even know where my phone is. I turn 2FA on for important stuff like the medical and bank logins but I ask for an email verification code. Can't do that with the email account.
 
MoBeans said:
I avoid turning on 2FA if it requires texting me because half the time I don't even know where my phone is. I turn 2FA on for important stuff like the medical and bank logins but I ask for an email verification code. Can't do that with the email account.
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Yea, I'm not a phone hugger, it's just annoying plus I'm not totally convinced that 2FA is better than using a strong password and generally safe online practices anyway.
 
Every company that I have accounts with, have
started insisting that I enter the code that they
have just sent to my phone, no choice, they all
just started doing it, the only way past it is to
stay signed in, but that is leaving a door open.

Mike.
 

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