Microsoft to add dual-factor sign-on security 'soon': report
Microsoft will toughen up its products' security by adding dual-factor authentication "soon," according to a report today by Liveside.net.
Judging by details in the Microsoft-focused blog, the approach closely mirrors what Google did years ago: authorization requiring both a password (the first factor) and a special six-digit code retrieved from an authenticator app on a person's smartphone (the second factor). The smartphone code changes frequently so it can't be used for long.
Microsoft offered only this comment today: "Security and privacy is a priority for Microsoft, however we have nothing new to share at … Read more