Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users

Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users by ncpa-cpl on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @12:03PM (#42443041)

> Imagine you're on vacation and have lost your phone.

A few years ago when SMS tokens and Authenticator apps where less common, I was able to do work without having my phone on the same room as my computer. Now I need to have it on my desk most of the time for logging in.

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Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users by graemep on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:20AM (#42449116)

There are authenticator apps that will run on your computer, and apps that will let you read SMSs on your phone from you computer. You phone might need to be on for the latter, and maybe even connected to the same local network, but it does not have to be literally on your desk.

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Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users by ncpa-cpl on Thursday December 19, 2024 @12:54AM (#42458804)

I'll look into that. Is there one you would recommend for forwarding SMSs to computer?

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Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users by iggldiggl on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:59AM (#42460629)

> There are authenticator apps that will run on your computer

For TOTP yes, but AFAIK not for the push-based proprietary authentication systems used by Microsoft/Duo/etc.

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