So my company decided to migrate office suite and email etc to Microsoft365. Whatever. But for 2FA login they decided to disable the option to choose “any authenticator” and force Microsoft Authenticator on the (private) phones of both employees and volunteers. Is there any valid reason why they would do this, like it’s demonstrably safer? Or is this a battle I can pick to shield myself a little from MS?

  • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    7 months ago

    Except that the Authenticator is being forced in place of other, third party apps.

    I don’t mind using my phone to authenticate. But now I’m not allowed to do it from Bitwarden. I must use their app.

    • englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      7 months ago

      Are you forced to use their app or are they just very insistently trying to trick you into using it? I.e., have you tried with Bitwarden or any other TOTP capable app?

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        7 months ago

        I’m using a non-Google authenticator even though Google hit me with an “install Google Authenticator” dark pattern. Was kinda surprised it worked. Then I was miffed.