Microsoft urges Entra ID admins to replace SMS and voice with passkeys
Retirement of Microsoft-provided phone authentication starts February 1, 2027, in Worldwide and Government Community Cloud tenants.
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Debate over whether passkey attestation could lock out users
Critics say sites could later reject non-attested passkeys; Apple and FIDO participants say consumer attestation is not the goal.
Survey finds frontline workers bypass MFA and share logins
Of 700 decision-makers, 95% saw login workarounds and 28% confirmed account-recovery abuse attempts.
UK Government Enables Passkey Login for 23 Million Users to Fight Phishing Attacks
UK Government enables optional passkey login for GOV.UK One Login, offering 23 million users phishing-resistant FIDO authentication.
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Switching Password Managers in 2026
An Apple password-management engineer (writing personally) explains switching password managers via iOS direct app-to-app export, crediting FIDO Credential Exchange for passkey portability.
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