Microsoft has announced changes to its Authenticator app. According to the company's support documentation, the autofill for passwords in the Authenticator app will stop working in July 2025. From ...

Microsoft is a prolific supporter of using passkeys over passwords. Authenticator will no longer save your passwords. But Authenticator can't be your comprehensive passkey manager. The Edge browser ...

If you use Microsoft’s Authenticator app on your mobile phone as a password manager, here’s some bad news: Microsoft is discontinuing the “autofill” password management functionality in Authenticator.

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, ...

Microsoft Authenticator, a popular app for generating 2FA codes and storing passwords, has supported password autofill for years. However, that is all going by the wayside. Here's how to save your ...

Users of Microsoft apps are having a rough year. First, in May, the Windows maker shut down the popular VOIP calling app, Skype, for good. Microsoft said it was done so that the company could focus on ...

Microsoft is making good on its promise to support passkey syncing. The rollout is starting with availability on Edge for Windows. A more holistic and industry-leading strategy appears to be in the ...

If you're a Microsoft Authenticator user, you may notice that the Passwords section is missing one of its core functions. True to its word from earlier this month, Microsoft has removed the password ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Republished on May 31 with a new attack on Microsoft account ...

In this digital age where most of our identities are linked to online services and social media platforms, the matter of security has gotten increasingly more important. This is why most services that ...