• mark3748@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      They offer other options for Microsoft accounts. Using it as a normal TOTP app is the same as any other Authenticator app.

      It’s most likely the number matching requirement that the other person doesn’t like, or their employer has a policy that’s annoying.

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        7 months ago

        Not the OP, but I have to use the stupid Microsoft authenticator for work, and half the time it’s hibernated and doesn’t wake up when prompted, and when I manually open the “verify login” tab, it spits out an OTP but doesn’t recheck for that 2 digit number number I have to enter.

        And the login prompt on Windows doesn’t have a “resend” button, I can merely click “I don’t have access to the authenticator app”, and then it offers me the option to… Enter a manual code (courtesy of the authenticator app) or use the authenticator app. Dumb as fuck.

        If then I opt for the authenticator app instead of the override code, there’s a ~30% chance the app will not accept the new number because it’s still expecting the former one, if you’re too quick to enter it.

        Piece of garbage.