Work
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Why would you use microsoft Authenticator anyway?
skooma_king@piefed.social 22 hours ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
I don’t really mind using shit software on work devices. Yes it’s slow and inefficient, I spent half an hour today on Windows doing what would be a very short command on Linux. Fuck it, get paid the same. I just use Linux at home in my own time.
artyom@piefed.social 22 hours ago
You don’t need it for work. You can use any authenticator.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
It depends…. Your company IT department can choose what types of 2FA are available to use and Microsoft Authenticator is separate from OTP and other methods, and it is possible to restrict them.
That’s also yet another reason why I force the issue of a company phone as part of my equipment to do my job.
baines@lemmy.cafe 18 hours ago
my company IT can provide a phone
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 12 hours ago
Work isn’t an excuse unless your work is trying to cut corners by having you use your personal phone instead of providing a work one. In which case they deserve to be taught this lesson for being cheap as fuck.
Your IT should be issuing you a phone handled by MDM, which won’t allow you to use a rooted or jailbroken device anyway.
swicano@programming.dev 21 hours ago
Nope, the Microsoft authenticator is slightly different, and other authenticators won’t work. I just went through this with my IT dep. Microsoft authenticator will sometimes pop the numbers up on the computer and make you enter it in the app, not the other way around.
scytale@piefed.zip 16 hours ago
IIRC if you use M365 (i.e. Outlook), you can only use their authenticator app for MFA. Happy to be corrected though.
Vittelius@feddit.org 11 hours ago
M365 can be used with other 2fa apps. But organisations can force the use of Microsoft Authenticator
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
You can use other authenticators. I use ente auth for my microsoft account
tostiman@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
My work MS account requires MS authenticator specifically, can’t use another 2fa app
atrielienz@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I can’t. The authenticator for my job was set up on my work device by my IT department.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 21 hours ago
If your work requires you to have a Microsoft Authenticator-compatible device, they should provide you with one.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Sucks to have that. Have you tried asking IT if you could use a different one?
skooma_king@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Depends on how your M365 tenant is configured. Both conditional access policies and authentication strengths can enforce the requirement
fatalicus@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Only if the company supports OTP methods for Entra login (logging in to M365 account).
But I’d say most don’t anymore, as there has been a push towards Microsoft Authenticators push-method for a while (where the website/app shows a number and you have to type it in to the authenticator), as it is a slightly safer method than OTP, and can be used passwordless.
It also made people ready for passkeys, as the authenticator supports easy activation off passkey on accounts that are saved with push-method (you pretty much just click a button in the app), and authenticator is easy to set up on the admin side if you require device bound and attestation for passkey.
timewarp@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Then stop working for retards who support Nazis
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 14 hours ago
I like the energy. But you took that from a 4 to a 10 fast.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
I had a yubikey as my hardware authentication, then a coworkers email got hacked so IT moved us all to Microsoft authenticator, so now I have a less secure login method LOL
blargh513@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Some organizations require authenticator; they don’t just use it for MFA codes, it’s goes deeper than that.
Also, most large enterprise fall for the stupid Microsoft trap. They buy enterpise licensing in bulk (E3, E5, whatever) and bosses who have no brains will say “well, let’s use more microsoft products since they’re ‘free’”. The trap is that, yes, your enterprise license agreement includes entitlements to a lot of their stuff, but they nickle and dime you on stupid shit like the storage so you can keep the logging and telemetry data you typically need for security, troubleshooting and some audit requirements.
I can’t imagine ever using any of their shit beyond Office products. Their security software is crap compared to most offerings, they still seem to think that networks are bad so we should do as little as possible about them. Azure is just a completely uncontrollable money drain (by design) that is damn near impossible to secure properly once you give developers enough access to actually do their jobs.
I’ve been working in security for a long time now and they continue to be such a fucking liability and drain on money at every turn. If I ran the zoo, I would switch the entire enteprise to Linux and find just about any other collaboration suite to use.
Fuck Excel and fuck you if all you do with it is make lists. Fuck powerpoint and fuck every boss who is too dumb to read and only can accept information when it is spoon fed to them in a deck. Word is OK, but nobody reads anymore so what’s the point?
ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I had to use it for my work. They required MS authenticator. I think it’s bullshit and tried to export my 2fa to bitwarden. I couldn’t. And to add another 2fa .method I need to call support so I gave it up
79WistfulVista@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
They don’t let you use mysignins.microsoft.com to replace/add MFA methods? That site was very useful at my last employer, as I was switching phones often.
baatliwala@lemmy.world 43 minutes ago
Guessing IT can mandate which MFA options are available for users to choose
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 22 hours ago
This change is really more about enterprise use cases. If you take DLP seriously you need to make sure the integrity of the controls on work provided devices are intact.
Nothing stops someone taking a photo of another screen. It’s not a panacea. It’s just one more hurdle.
lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Yup, I use Aegis, and found a strange little trick with Bitwarden Authenticator where I can import them into the main app (the Vaultwarden server). I know keeping all my power in one place defeats the purpose of 2FA but you know, I trust Vaultwarden, and myself to keep it secore, implicitly.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
people likely using workday as for a job probably, or any app that uses MS.
AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Ugh, fuck workday
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
When you are using your phone for your work you don’t really have the choice.