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Microsoft Authenticator now suppresses shady login attempts
Microsoft has implemented a security configuration that suppresses Authenticator prompts if anomalies are detected.
Microsoft Authenticator is a fairly versatile and convenient app - albeit with some issues - offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) capabilities for various services. The Redmond tech firm also heavily promotes it as a way to go completely passwordless on your Microsoft account. However, the cybersecurity landscape evolves dynamically, and now, Microsoft has detailed how it is suppressing shady login attempts via Authenticator itself.
Annoying apps: Microsoft Authenticator's frustrating backup and restore system
The process of backing up and restoring your accounts in the Microsoft Authenticator app is unnecessarily convoluted.
With the never-ending sea of apps and services that flood our lives today, we've all come across unnecessary little annoyances in one app or another. Lately, I've been noticing these more and more, and so I decided that it's finally time to publicly complain about them. To kick things off, I want to complain about Microsoft Authenticator, which recently annoyed me when setting up a new Android phone.
You can now have a totally password-less Microsoft account
Microsoft has announced that beginning today, you can now have a completely password-less experience with your Microsoft account.
Passwords are a bad product, and Microsoft knows it. Every year, we see reports on the most popular passwords that are used, and those that know how to make a secure password always find it a bit jarring to see how many people are still using things like '123456', 'password', 'abc123', and so on.