Starting on Thursday, the company announced, users of the Yahoo Mail app on both iOS and Android will have access to a new service called Yahoo Account Key, which uses smartphones to verify ...

Account Key is essentially a streamlined version of two-factor authentication without the first factor—the password itself. The whole idea of 2FA is to require two pieces of information that ...

Yahoo Account Key is said to be more secure than a traditional password because once it is activated, even if hackers get access to account info, they will not be able to sign into accounts.

Yahoo users can now just tap a "yes" button to login to email—no password required. Yahoo has announced Account Key, a service you can turn on in the Yahoo Mail smartphone app's settings that ...

Yahoo also have another verification method called Yahoo Account Key - you will need to download a Yahoo app, like Mail, and in your settings, enable the Account Key.

Yahoo deployed a stable version of its Account Key mechanism on Friday in hopes of eliminating the password on the company’s mobile apps.

In addition to Account Key verification, Yahoo executives announced a revamped version of Yahoo Mail that allows users to connect with, manage and search Outlook, Hotmail and AOL email accounts ...

Earlier this year it launched on-demand passwords for its Yahoo accounts and it has now extended this to its Mail app with a feature called Yahoo Account Key.