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Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users


Your password is going to be deleted—here’s what you need to know.

ForbesTikTok Ban—Change Your Account Before It’s Too LateBy Zak Doffman In a blogpost published on Thursday, Microsoft sets out the ways in which it plans to “convince a billion users to love passkeys,” through insightful design. “Passkeys not only offer an improved user experience by letting you sign in faster with your face, fingerprint, or PIN, but they also aren’t susceptible to the same kinds of attacks as passwords. “The majority of those familiar with passkeys are enabling the technology to sign in… Meanwhile, despite passwords remaining the most common way for account sign-in, usage overall has declined as alternatives rise in availability.”

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