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10-15-2015, 09:30 AM
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PM3cWM2x6ukzHU3Rl4WjJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-10-15T130325Z_1_LYNXNPEB9E0PU_RTROPTP_2_YAHOO-EUROPE-TAX.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-aims-phase-passwords-130325062--finance.html)By Deborah Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo's next step in password security is to eliminate them altogether. 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 identities in lieu of traditional passwords. Here's how it works: When users who sign up for Account Key try to access Yahoo Mail, they will no longer need to enter their password.



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