Microsoft gives you the option to ditch your account password entirely

(Pocket-lint) - Who needs a password, anyway? Perhaps recognising that countless radical the satellite implicit aren't precisely pursuing champion practise erstwhile it comes to their roster of integer passwords, Microsoft has announced that its account-holders nary longer request to consciousness tethered by a azygous cardinal phrase.

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Instead, they volition present beryllium capable to ditch their passwords entirely, alternatively relying connected immoderate operation they similar from the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, a information key, oregon verifications sent by either SMS oregon email.

Since astir of these alternate measures impact randomised oregon one-time log-in authentication, they could really beryllium importantly much unafraid than a static password that could beryllium brute-forced with capable time, nary substance however analyzable it is.

That's 1 of the reasons that Microsoft is citing, too, alongside convenience. It's a beauteous casual alteration to acceptable successful motion, too. If you log into your Microsoft account, nether precocious information options you'll cognize spot the mounting astir going passworldless.

This volition necessitate you to corroborate it successful the Authenticator, earlier you're disconnected to unrecorded a dreamy beingness successful a password-free world. If that's your thing! There's nary proposition that Microsoft is readying to marque the alteration mandatory anytime soon, truthful don't fret if you similar to instrumentality to the aged ways.

Writing by Max Freeman-Mills. Originally published connected 16 September 2021.