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Yahoo!’s Newest Feature to Prevent Password Theft
In order to protect your password yahoo is trying something new. A sign-in seal.
This is cookie’s based, so if you clean your cookies a lot you will have to create a new seal.
For more information see the following links.
https://protect.login.yahoo.com/login/set_pref/
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/edit/privacy/edit-39.html
What is a sign-in seal?
A sign-in seal is a secret message or image that you select to help protect your account from phishing — a scam that tries to steal your password or personal information by spoofing a legitimate web site.
When you create a sign-in seal for your computer, you can be sure you’re on a legitimate Yahoo! site each time you use this computer to sign in to Yahoo!. Just look for the custom text or image you set up on this computer. If it’s not there, you might have landed on a “spoofed” site.
Your sign-in seal is saved on the computer you created it on. If you use more than one computer or browser, you may want to create a sign-in seal for each one.
Important: Don’t create a sign-in seal on a computer you share with strangers, such as those in libraries, Internet cafes, and other public places.
When i first saw the title of this thread i was like, oh someone posted in the thread i started….. But then i noticed you created a new one!
The exact same thread can be found HERE, as well as some comments.
To avoid repeat posts, i’m going to go ahead and lock this one, hope you don’t mind Netti! 😛
So everyone can post all comments on the other thread. Thanks!
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