Can I refuse MS Authenticator?

Martin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 208 points –

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?

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Or leave it in the office, always on charge, and with no lock screen so anyone can take the phone and accept a request

That sounds like a terrible security practice but at least it only puts your company at risk

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