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submitted 11 months ago by chkno@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Gmail prompt to provide phone number sounds like a threat

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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago

If this is for a M365 account you don't have to use the Microsoft authenticator. It'll nag every login but it'll let you use a different authenticator. I set up my college email last year with Duo as the 2FA because I already needed Duo for work, and it was fine

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I attempted to use Aegis and there was an error popping up that said Microsoft's 2fa is proprietary and isn't supported.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What you do is when you're setting up the 2FA token in M365 select the type of 2FA since it supports a wide variety of 2FA types, including SMS

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

It was only the proprietary 2fa and sms. I'd rather do the totp.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

Huh I had not realized that. Like I said, I used Duo just because I already needed it for work

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