[drop_cap]I[/drop_cap]’ve recently migrated all my work machines from Windows to Linux because I finally grew tired of Microsoft’s adware nonsense. And yet, they still managed to throw a wrench into my workflow. As many of you know, Microsoft has their own little “Authenticator” app that acts as an MFA gateway. When you sign in to […]
  • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
    23·
    18 days ago

    My MS account is doing a thing lately where I have to enter the TOTP twice to login successfuly. It has to be two different TOTPs, too, can’t enter the same one; I have to literally wait until the first one expires and get another one.

    Didn’t experience any of the other shenanigans described in the article though, so there’s that.

    • Goun@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      18 days ago

      TOTP is time based, I’d check the time on the device just in case. Having to enter multiple codes must be so annoying!

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        5·
        18 days ago

        I have the machine synced with NTP and I’m not seeing any time issues.

        It’s such a super specific quirk, too, that I can’t believe it’s not on their side.

        Maybe they’ve decided that TOTP is less secure than passkeys and if I refuse to use passkeys with their app I should be “helped” 😃 by using twice the amount of TOTP?

    • Natanael@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      18 days ago

      I have a few networks where I get the notice but must disconnect from the wifi to approve over my mobile connection instead