PASSWORDS will no longer be accessible from a popular mobile app in days as a handy feature is discontinued by Microsoft.
within theAuthenticator app is closing down.
Users have from adding new in June.
Then in July the ability to autofill with Microsoft Authenticator was disabled.
But August marks the biggest change of all, with passwords no longer accessible at all in the app.
Microsoft hasn’t given an exact date but said “from August”, so it could end as soon as this week.
Passwords won’t be lost entirely, instead you’ll have to get them via Microsoft Edge.
However, the firm says “any generated passwords not saved will be deleted”.
An alert in the app currently warns: “To keep autofilling your info, please take action now.”
Despite the move, Microsoft Authenticator isn’t closing down.
It will still function as its main purpose for two-factor authenticationand passkeys.
The decision comes as tech giants shift away from the aged password which are easily hacked, due to common mistakes like re-used passwords or easily guessed terms.
By comparison,can’t be guessed and they’re impossible to re-use too.
