One of the usual security recommendations is to use an application to manage passwords, but what is not mentioned is that these, like any other Internet service, can one day go to a better life and leave you hung with your password collection. This is what will happen as of this month, in several phases, with one of the most important functions of Microsoft Authenticator. The application has begun to issue notifications warning that The password self -complying will be eliminated in Julyand recommend users to change to the browser Microsoft Edge To keep them safe.
Microsoft Authenticator is a free mobile app that provides a safe login through multifactor authentication methods (MFA)as passwords of a single time -based use (TOTP), push notifications, biometric confirmations and session without password in Microsoft accounts. It is like Google Authenticatorbut from Microsoft.
The notification that has begun to show users indicates that ‘Authorllar through Authenticator will end in July 2025. Save your payment information, as it will be deleted. You can still access your passwords and addresses through Microsoft Edge. ‘ This function allows passwords and other data that the user keeps in Authenticator They are safely storing in their Microsoft account and synchronized with all the devices in which you logo. Thus, Authenticator automatically fill out usernames and passwords in login formsboth in mobile applications and on websites, in a similar way to what they do with password managers such as LotPass. But this functionality of the application will disappear.
From this month of Juneit is no longer possible to save new passwords. During the next month of Julyit will no longer be possible to use authenticar through authenticator and, in Augustthe information stored in the application will cease to be accessible.
‘Your saved passwords (but not the generated password history) and addresses are safely synchronized with your Microsoft account, and you can continue accessing them and enjoying the functionality of self -appropriate in Microsoft Edge, a safe and intuitive web browser with functions such as Microsoft Defender Smartscreen, password monitor and Inprivate search,’ Microsoft on its support page. ‘To continue using generated passwords, guide them from the generator history (accessible from the password tab) in your saved passwords’.
For those who do not want to use Microsoft Edge, it is possible to export passwords from the Microsoft Authenticator configuration to a CSV file (Excel)which can then be imported in another password manager.