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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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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

I work for a municipal government where we all receive a phone stipend because of 2FA.

If we use our personal phones for city business, they become searchable in Open Records Requests.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

Also, the Microsoft Intune app, which checks if your device is compliant, requires a high level permission which allows it to remote wipe your device. This is in case your device has sensitive data and gets stolen/falls into the wrong hands. This is a very risky direction where we are handing off admin access of our phone to our employers.

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

You don't need the Intune app to use the authenticator.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

True, true. This is off-topic.

But I remember that for a certain scenario (I don't remember exactly), my work app requested me download Intune, without which the app refused to start/update.

this post was submitted on 30 May 2024

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