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?

  • jetAEnglish
    131·
    6 months ago

    You can say no, and if they won’t budge buy a cheap old phone off Swappa or craigslist or marketplace for $20 install Ms authenticstor on it and leave it at your desk.

      • jetAEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        It’s proprietary closed source software, and if it’s mandated to run on your device, it could be collecting a lot of telemetry that is not in your best interest.

        It increases your security risk surface, more software to be made secure and update etc it’s an extra burden