![]() If you read through Microsoft’s documentation on passwordless sign-in, it refers mainly to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Something you are might be a biometric gesture like a fingerprint. With passwordless sign-in, passwords are replaced by something you have, like a security key, plus something you are or know. Microsoft’s answer to these security problems is passwordless authentication. Multifactor authentication (MFA) helps protect passwords but it has a low adoption rate. ![]() Moreover, it’s common that people use the same password across multiple devices and services, increasing the damage if a password compromised. ![]() Users also make passwords less secure by choosing passwords that are easy to guess and that can be hacked in dictionary attacks. Around 80 percent of successful attacks originate from compromised passwords. Social engineering techniques, like phishing and malware, make passwords vulnerable. Microsoft has been trying to persuade IT, professionals and consumers, to do away with passwords in recent years. Passwords are a pain and they are also a security risk.
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