Microsoft: non-password connections

Connections without passwords από την Microsoft: Οι κωδικοί πρόσβασης δεν είναι και τόσο αποτελεσματικοί όπως φαίνεται. Τρεις στους τέσσερις χρήστες χρησιμοποιούν τους ίδιους κωδικούς πρόσβασης και το 21% των χρηστών χρησιμοποιούν τους ίδιος κωδικούς για πάνω από 10 χρόνια. (Το 2014, ένας από τους πέντε πιο δημοφιλείς κωδικούς πρόσβασης ήταν οι "password", "123456" και "qwerty".)

SMS authentication is said to add a level of protection, but it is not infallible, as hackers can easily redirect SMS to another number.

Here comes the good news if you are a Windows user. Microsoft

Microsoft announced today that you can sign in to σας από τον περιηγητή Edge χωρίς κωδικό πρόσβασης, χρησιμοποιώντας το Windows Hello ή με μια συσκευή που είναι συμβατή με το FIDO2 from Yubico, Feitian or another manufacturer. Alternatively, you can also use a phone that runs the Microsoft Authenticator.

Passwordless login from Windows 10 (1809) this week on Outlook.com, Office 365, Skype, OneDrive, Cortana Digital Assistant, Microsoft Edge, Xbox Live on your PC, Microsoft Store, Bing and MSN.com.

Alex Simons, vice president of Microsoft's Identity Division, said Edge is among the first που εφαρμόζουν το WebAuthn και το CTAP2 και υποστηρίζει την "ευρύτερη σειρά authenticators" σε σύγκριση με άλλα προγράμματα περιήγησης.

He also mentioned that from next year, the same login experience will come to the work environment, and to the Azure Active Directory school accounts. He also stated that corporate customers will be able to have a preview before the end of 2018.

Each month, more than 800 million people use a Microsoft account to create, connect, and share from anywhere with Outlook, Office, OneDrive, Bing, Skype, and Xbox Live. Now everyone can benefit from this simple user experience and significantly improve their security.

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