Verification codes sent to emails is getting to be a pain
I do not have 2 factor authentication. Yet when I need to sign into my yahoo email when I am away from my usual place, I cannot access my Yahoo email. It wants to send an authentication code to my recovery email. Unfortunately, other email platforms are doing the same thing. So I go in circles --- I can't access Yahoo because email code was sent to my other email. I cannot access that other email account because a code was sent to my Yahoo account. And so on. Which means I cannot travel away from my home computer to get any work done. This is highly frustrating. I do not have a cell phone and none of these platforms allow VOIP. So when I am away from my home computer, I am basically screwed. Have it setup so I can create my own security question to which only I know the answer. That will eliminate this weird circular problem. I need access to my email. A hacker would have gotten into my email a lot faster than I trying to get to my other email (the recovery email which also has a recovery email). Even when I don't have 2 factor authentication set up!!!!!!! This is not for my security. This is a case of Yahoo practicing CYA . Get rid of this verification codes if a person does not have 2 factor authentication !!!!!!!
Zita Podany
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Hi there, we are sorry to hear about your experience with the 2 factor authentication. To avoid any sign in issues, we recommend using an authenticator app to log in, please refer to our help article: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/add-two-step-verification-extra-security-sln5013.html If you encounter any issues, feel free to contact us on help.yahoo.com or on X.com at @YahooCare.