From Forbes: It should come as no surprise that Microsoft wants Windows users to change how they perceive and use passwords. That was made quite clear when the Seattle tech behemoth announced that it was blocking 7,000 attacks on passwords every second and looking to get a billion users to change to passkeys instead. With state-sponsored hackers targeting Windows passwords, automatic password hacking machines, and even printers, yes, printers, being employed to target Windows passwords, something needed to be done.
Now, Microsoft has confirmed that it is making significant changes to Microsoft Authenticator: in June, you stopped being able to add new passwords, during July, you will no longer be able to use the autofill feature, and, from August, saved passwords won’t be accessible and any generated passwords that have not been saved will be deleted.
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