Microsoft to stop sending SMS codes for personal accounts

Microsoft to stop sending SMS codes for personal accounts(support.microsoft.com)

7 points by CharlesW 1 hour ago | 3 comments

yummypaint 11 minutes ago |

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.

ferguess_k 1 hour ago |

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.

giancarlostoro 12 minutes ago | |

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.