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WHY DO I HAVE TO USE MY SMART PHONE TO SIGN INTO MY YAHOO ACCOUNT

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why do I need a code sent to my smart phone in order to sign in to my yahoo account

why do I need a code sent to my smart phone in order to sign in to my yahoo account

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This is unrelated to Firefox.

You enabled two factor authentication in your Yahoo account settings. See this Yahoo document about the feature https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN5013.html

If you need additional help with this you would need to contact Yahoo.

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This is unrelated to Firefox.

You enabled two factor authentication in your Yahoo account settings. See this Yahoo document about the feature https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN5013.html

If you need additional help with this you would need to contact Yahoo.