Yahoo!'s Newest Feature to Prevent Password Theft

[Nessa]

Originally Posted by TimRock

The seal doesnt prevent password theft

It does. It prevents phishing, which is a type of password theft.

Originally Posted by TimRock

So if there are more ways to steal passwords by the flaws Yahoo! has,WHY doesnt Yahoo! do anthing about it?

Well aside from it being a free service, i wouldn't know. Password taking has been around for as long as Yahoo! has been around, which is why you take proper precautions and remembering the original information you used to create that id, because even when changed, if you e-mail Yahoo! that original information, you have a chance of getting your id back.

Yahoo! doesn't do anything about a lot of things, so this whole seal deal is actually a step up, because phishing is one of the biggest ways that people get their id's taken.

Now, the seal may not be the best because it's stored on your computer and not on a server, so when you delete your cookies, your seal is gone (or if you use a different computer). But hey!, at least it's good to see them trying something new rather than ignoring the problem.

So, i for one am happy and find this seal useful, since i really haven't seen someone be able to duplicate the seal in a fake log-in page as you stated.

[Optikal]

I agree with David, this method of prevention is useless. Relying on cookies is not the way!

[giraffebecky]

I am SO FREAKIN' ANNOYED with this "Sign-in-Seal"! I have been cleaning out my email for a few days. I have my own process in doing this. I like to have 3 tabs open; 1 for my IN-BOX, 2 for my SENT-BOX and 3rd for my TRASH FOLDER. Ever since I went to edit my account and signed up for this Sign-in-Seal, I've had such problems! Every time I leave my IN-BOX tab and go to (for instance) my SENT-BOX tab, click on one of my sent messages, I am directed to SIGN IN AGAIN! EVERY TIME! IT IS SOOOOO ANNOYING!

So - I went back to EDIT MY ACCOUNT and REMOVED the "Seal". I'M STILL BEING DIRECTED TO SIGN IN EVERY TIME!! Then I looked around in the Yahoo Help section to learn how to DELETE this Sign-in-Seal feature. Told me to do EXACTLY what I had done

(1. On any Yahoo! sign-in page, click on the sign-in seal or move your mouse pointer over the sign-in seal, and click "Change Sign-in Settings."
2. On the sign-in seal set-up page, click the "Remove" button in the Preview area.
3. Click the "Save Settings" button.).

Anyone know how to get COMPLETELY RID OF THIS FEATURE???