Are they changing Yahoo! Mail to require mobile phone numbers?

I did google to find out now it look like that is the new way as that is the way as g-mail account ask for mobile no that is to verify that it is your account so if someone hacks say into your account you and only you has the right password and can give the right answer's to the questions to say it's your account .Now unless you did go onto google and type in yahoo account and forgotten password then it's not spam so if you did not do so then best to not open now as of yet I have not had such a e-mail so like you I have had my Account for years and I can not see that anyone of us showed have to give this info to keep using other than to verify it's our account like I did say .So at this moment in time I would save it by putting into a folder down the side where you send your e-mails from keep as reference and ask your friends if they have had the same e-mail and go from there if the answers no then put into spam .As it does seem a bit strange them asking you to change your password now that does not seem right at all but if you do forget and do change or anyone of us does it look's like they maybe going down the same route as gmail as they do ask for mobile no so till you or we do best not just incase as I had a e-mail from Apple asking to verify my account asking for card details now I did not do it as alarm bells were ringing so I went into apple ask them if they sent such e-mail and I was told no just delete it as they go about asking questions like that in a move secure way so when I got home that day I just deleted it .So I hope that give's you some help on the matter.

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