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Can I refuse MS Authenticator? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by Martin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I work for a global company and help manage MFA for everyone...I use Google's authenticator on my personal phone as they didn't give me a work phone.

I still don't understand why a hardware token isn't being used. It's such a low cost option when compared to buying a phone and plan for a user.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Because you can’t call someone on a hardware token.

[-] Jayb151@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

But not everyone needs to have a work phone, some just need to authenticate

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Then buy them an iPod touch.

[-] ziby0405@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

you should really use FreeOTP+ instead. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.liberty.android.freeotpplus/

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