Microsoft Authenticator to stop saving new passwords June 1. Update, May 4, 2025: This story, originally published May 2, has been updated with further information on the use of passkeys by Microsoft, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The whole password deletion and usage debate revolves around ...

A Microsoft app that is used for two-factor authentication will be removing all saved passwords with users urged to act now. Microsoft Authenticator can also used for authentication using face ID to ...

Microsoft is set to begin phasing out the password management functionality within its Authenticator app, a significant shift that will impact users who rely on the application for storing and ...

Microsoft plans to begin retiring the password autofill feature in its Authenticator app next month, as part of its broader shift toward more secure, passwordless ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you're a Microsoft Authenticator user, like me, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app's password management features are no longer usable and that your stored ...

FILE - A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File) (Jason Redmond ...

Microsoft is killing off a major feature in its Authenticator app that the company is hoping will mean the end of passwords as you know them. Authenticator, which has been downloaded by more than 75 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, like me, you’ve probably received notice the app’s password management features are no longer usable and your stored passwords will be ...

January patch trips up Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication Microsoft has kicked off 2026 with another faulty ...

If your Microsoft account keeps asking for a password multiple times a day, then it is mostly because the security has doubts about your account and there is something that triggers a check. Some of ...