So my company decided to migrate office suite and email etc to Microsoft365. Whatever. But for 2FA login they decided to disable the option to choose “any authenticator” and force Microsoft Authenticator on the (private) phones of both employees and volunteers. Is there any valid reason why they would do this, like it’s demonstrably safer? Or is this a battle I can pick to shield myself a little from MS?

  • FleppensteynEnglish
    112·
    26 days ago

    200 MB of wasted personal disk space just so you can log in to a work account

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one
      73·
      26 days ago

      Ok, but most workplaces require some form of apps installed for access, shared documents etc.

      How many would install Figma, Office, Expensify, Jira, Confluence or a whole other raft of work apps if it wasn’t for work?

      I mean, sure, it’s annoying but is MS Authenticator really the hill people want to die on?

      • Fleppensteyn
        71·
        25 days ago

        Yeah but you install that stuff on your work computer. If my job requires me to use an authenticator on a non-work phone, then at least let me use the one I’m already using.