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New Warning As Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion For 1 Billion Users

Those billion passwords will be replaced with passkeys, which “offer an improved user experience by letting you sign in faster with your face, fingerprint, or PIN… They also aren’t susceptible to the same kinds of attacks as passwords.

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    “The password era is ending”

    New Warning As Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion For 1 Billion Users

    New Warning As Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion For 1 Billion Users

    “The password era is ending,” Microsoft has confirmed, warning its billion users that “bad actors know it, which is why they’re desperately accelerating password-related attacks while they still can.” And while the company “blocks 7,000 attacks on passwords per second… almost double from a year …

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