GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat the actual hell, Microsoft?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIsn’t Microsoft Authenticator just a password manager and TOTP app? You can replace it with Bitwarden and Aegis (or a dozen alternatives).
minus-squarenomecks@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIf you use MS Authenticator you can enable geofencing for SSO. If it’s enabled then no other TOTP apps will work.
minus-squareCid Vicious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI’ve worked places where they required specific TOTP apps. That’s the only reason I had MS Authenticator on my phone
minus-squareYtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoYou could keep it on your phone, but TOPT codes are just a shared secrets that you can store in multiple authenticators.
minus-square6nk06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIIRC the Microsoft TOTP has an (obviously) incompatible format that you can’t store in Bitwarden. Bitwarden being the only acceptable application for me, I would ask for a work phone if I had to use the Microsoft thing.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agothe hard part is being able to export them from some apps (looking at you, authy…)
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSome workplaces disable the ability to enroll TOTP codes and forces the use of MS Authenticator.
minus-squarebenignintervention@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMy old job force migrated everyone to Okta the week it got breached
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThey’re nuts! Why does it matter?!
minus-squareCid Vicious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYep exactly. Luckily I’m not longer working at one, so I can uninstall it.
Isn’t Microsoft Authenticator just a password manager and TOTP app? You can replace it with Bitwarden and Aegis (or a dozen alternatives).
If you use MS Authenticator you can enable geofencing for SSO. If it’s enabled then no other TOTP apps will work.
I’ve worked places where they required specific TOTP apps. That’s the only reason I had MS Authenticator on my phone
You could keep it on your phone, but TOPT codes are just a shared secrets that you can store in multiple authenticators.
IIRC the Microsoft TOTP has an (obviously) incompatible format that you can’t store in Bitwarden.
Bitwarden being the only acceptable application for me, I would ask for a work phone if I had to use the Microsoft thing.
the hard part is being able to export them from some apps (looking at you, authy…)
Some workplaces disable the ability to enroll TOTP codes and forces the use of MS Authenticator.
My old job force migrated everyone to Okta the week it got breached
They’re nuts! Why does it matter?!
Yep exactly. Luckily I’m not longer working at one, so I can uninstall it.