Microsoft to stop sending SMS codes for personal accounts(support.microsoft.com)
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Microsoft to stop sending SMS codes for personal accounts
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/accounts-billing/manage/microsoft-to-stop-sending-sms-codes-for-personal-accounts
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The FAQs on the page says there are "secure and reliable recovery options" when the device with the passkey is lost. I wish there was more explanation for that because trying to help people recover Microsoft accounts when they don't have the password is mostly when I have used the SMS codes.
This is so annoying. I tried to see what passkey is, and tried to sign in, and MSFT always tried to ask me to use authenticator, and when I clicked other ways to sign in, somehow it went to "Reset password", and I clicked cancel, and now I can't sign in any more.
The whole fucking security thing has nothing fucking to do with my security, but with their apps and control. I had enough with this. gonna delete everything MSFT from my world. Fuck them.
The whole fucking security thing has nothing fucking to do with my security, but with their apps and control. I had enough with this. gonna delete everything MSFT from my world. Fuck them.
Just in case you/others reading this didn't know, yoh don't have to use Microsoft Authenticator. They hide the option away, but there is a button to click to use your own authenticator app and it gives you the QC code/numbers to input into Bitwarden/KeePass/etc.
Passkey is not unique to Microsoft, Apple supports it with their Password manager built-in to iOS and macOS, I can authenticate with my passkey on my Macs and on my iPhone with ease. BitWarden supports it as well, but I rather not use BitWarden if I can just use my phone or laptop.
Google, Microsoft, Apple etc everyone supports Passkey its a known spec that was drafted and implemented a while ago. Point being you don't need any special Microsoft to use Passkey, I would be shocked if Android doesn't have it baked in.
Google, Microsoft, Apple etc everyone supports Passkey its a known spec that was drafted and implemented a while ago. Point being you don't need any special Microsoft to use Passkey, I would be shocked if Android doesn't have it baked in.
Recent updates to Microsoft account sign-in now support passkeys with device biometric authentication, making phishing virtually impossible.
So according to Microsoft biometric authentication will make people immune to being tricked. Pretty ironic stance.
So according to Microsoft biometric authentication will make people immune to being tricked. Pretty ironic stance.
> Microsoft believes that the future of authentication is passwordless, secure, and user-friendly.
...but passkeys are not user-friendly, unless you are a user who is happy to do whatever the bigco tells you to do, and you never stray from the happy path.
...but passkeys are not user-friendly, unless you are a user who is happy to do whatever the bigco tells you to do, and you never stray from the happy path.