Yahoo introduced a proprietary e-mail system access passwords on request, which allows users to not memorize the secret sequence of characters. The system is now available for US residents.
Yahoo asked to register your mobile phone number, which then will be sent an SMS with the one-time password to access your mail. To connect the service "passwords on request" in the e-mail, Yahoo users need to select the appropriate option in the settings on the site.
"This technology saves users from having to remember difficult passwords to enter the e-mail - what a relief!" - Said Chris Stoner, head of Yahoo's products.
Yahoo introduced a new service at the conference South by southwest Austin in the United States. Vice President of Product Dylan Casey said that the one-time passwords - the first step to ensure that opt out of the use of any passwords.
At this conference, Yahoo also introduced a system of encryption e-mail correspondence with a special extension for Google Chrome. This feature is planned to the end of 2015.
Many major Internet companies looking to replace traditional passwords. Apple as a password to many important services offered to use the fingerprint, which is scanned by a special scanner in the new iPhone and iPad, from 2013 onwards.
Service mail access without a password introduced last year mail My.com. My.com box attached to a phone number, which replaces the password in this system. On devices without a SIM-card with this number in the mail can not go.