Re:My daughter's school took over my personal Microsoft account
by rightbyte on Saturday February 25, 2023 @06:39AM
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Ye exactly. The intent was probably to make their spyware login front work good. It would speed up adaption.
I think some people are mixing up Hanlon's razor with "if it is bad, the malice part can't be on purpose".
Re:My daughter's school took over my personal Microsoft account
by makeitdouble on Saturday February 25, 2023 @05:54AM
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> I do not think that the general mess with Microsoft authentication is on purpose.
Microsoft has been dealing with online identity almost since the consumer web exists. MSN launched in 1995, Outlook was the poster child of webmail, ActiveDirectory is the behemoth of enterprise user management.
I don’t see Hanlon’s razor relevant when it’s on one of their core competency. They at least committed to throw part of their users under the bus to pursue their goals.
It looks like generations of implementations (and likely generations of product management and development teams) layering on top of each other, "replacing" the "old" systems to only do the half of the migration, and integrating with acquired products.
Seen from outside, it just doesn't look like there exists a single team that understands the authentication and permission system end-to-end.