Microsoft Hops On Two-Factor Authentication Bandwagon

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @08:56AM from the not-last-and-not-least dept.

itwbennett writes "Following similar initiatives by Apple, Google and Facebook, Microsoft is enabling two-factor authentication for its Microsoft Account service, the log-on service for many of its online and desktop products. Users will find instructions on how to add a second form of authentication on the Microsoft Account settings page. The chief form of secondary authentication will be a short code sent to the user's mobile phone, the number of which Microsoft will keep on file, each time the user logs on."

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Re:What does this mean? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-17 10:50 · Score: 2, Insightful

Who cares?
Re:Does MS even understand Two Factor by node+3 · 2013-04-17 13:04 · Score: 3, Insightful

You're thinking of Google.
Microsoft is surprisingly good about privacy. I'm not sure if it's part of MS's culture, or a side-effect of their loss of market leadership. Either way, I find MS to be quite trustworthy with regards to privacy.
MS can be fairly competent when they aren't a monopoly and can't bully others around.