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Microsoft Will Erase Your Passwords in 2 Weeks: What to Do Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 02:00:00

Microsoft is axing passwords starting in August -- and if you use its Authenticator app, you'll want to be prepared. For years, Microsoft Authenticator has been a go-to for managing multifactor authentication and saved passwords. However, starting next month, it will no longer support passwords and will move to passkeys instead. That means your logins will soon rely more on things like PINs, fingerprint scans or facial recognition. Using a passkey can make your account safer, and it's a move I

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Gmail's backup codes are useless to access account

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-23 16:32:55

Ok, I have a work account on Gmail. Having the experience of being locked out of Gmail previously (endless loop of "You are entering the correct password but we're not sure that it is you, try again later"), I created a 2fa via Google Authenticator and set up Backup Codes and thought I'm safe from them asking me to sign in on another device or enter sms code (I don't carry that phone with me). So, one sunny day I decided to add standard iOS mail app to this account, and lo, an hour after connec

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C3 solved memory lifetimes with scopes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 14:27:42

2025-07-11 Modern languages offer a variety of techniques to help with dynamic memory management, each one a different tradeoff in terms of performance, control and complexity. In this post we’ll look at an old idea, memory allocation regions or arenas, implemented via the C3 Temp allocator, which is the new default for C3. The Temp allocator combines the ease of use of garbage collection with C3’s unique features to give a simple and (semi)-automated solution within a manual memory management

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Microsoft Plans to Purge Passwords — Here's How to Protect Yours

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-02 15:00:00

Microsoft is moving closer to a password-free future, and if you're still using the Authenticator app to manage logins, big changes are coming fast. Starting Aug. 1, the app will no longer support passwords at all. This shift has already been in motion-new password creation was disabled in June, and autofill support was cut off in July. For years, Microsoft Authenticator was a go-to for managing both multi-factor authentication and saved passwords. But now, it's being refocused to support passk

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How passkeys work: Going passwordless with public key cryptography

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-08-02 18:00:00

Vitalii Gulenok/Getty Images For the last five years, the FIDO Alliance -- led by Apple, Microsoft, and Google (with other companies in tow) -- has been blazing a trail toward a future where passwords are no longer necessary in order to login to our favorite websites and apps. This so-called passwordless future is based on a new form of login credential known as the passkey, which itself is largely based on another technology -- public key cryptography -- that's been around for decades. Why t

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How passkeys work: Let's start the passkey registration process

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-08-05 02:00:00

Photoraidz/Getty Images Previously on our passkey journey, I talked about the challenge of figuring out if a relying party -- typically, the operator of a website or app -- even offers the ability to sign in with a passkey instead of the more traditional and less secure username and password-based approach. Some of the biggest relying parties in the world -- including Apple, Google, and Microsoft -- support passkeys as a means of passwordless authentication. Together, these tech giants can int

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OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic Pony Up $23M to Teach Teachers About AI

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-08 07:04:00

The American Federation of Teachers is using $23 million in funds from three tech companies to launch a program to train educators on artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, the country's second-largest teachers' union announced $12.5 million from Microsoft, $10 million in funding and technical resources from OpenAI and $500,000 from Anthropic will be used for a New York-based hub to teach AI. The AFT is working in partnership with the United Federation of Teachers, a union representing New York s

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The MFA You Trust Is Lying to You – and Here's How Attackers Exploit It

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-09 00:02:12

Still getting login codes via text or authenticator apps? You’re not alone—and that’s a big problem. What used to feel like a smart security layer is now one of the easiest ways for attackers to gain access to your accounts. First we were told to use SMS for MFA. Then we were told: “Don’t use SMS for MFA, use an authenticator app instead.” And while that may seem like a step forward, it’s still fundamentally flawed. Authenticator apps do improve over SMS by avoiding message interception, but t

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Why CISOs are making the SASE switch: Fewer vendors, smarter security, better AI guardrails

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2025-08-12 04:13:03

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Investors, including venture capitalists (VCs), are betting $359 million that secure access service edge (SASE) will become a primary consolidator of enterprise security tech stacks. Cato Network’s oversubscribed Series G round last week demonstrates that investors view SASE as capable of driving significant consolidation across its core a

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Next month, saved passwords will no longer be in Microsoft’s Authenticator app

news.ycombinator.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 06:31:32

Starting this month, you'll no longer be able to use Microsoft Authenticator's autofill password function, a move the company is making to transition from passwords to passkeys. Last month, Microsoft stopped letting you save new passwords in the app. Next month is the biggest change, all your saved passwords will no longer be in the Authenticator app. You'll have to use passkeys instead -- such as a PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition. Attila Tomaschek, CNET's software senior writer and dig

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Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month

news.ycombinator.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 11:31:32

Starting this month, you'll no longer be able to use Microsoft Authenticator's autofill password function, a move the company is making to transition from passwords to passkeys. Last month, Microsoft stopped letting you save new passwords in the app. Next month is the biggest change, all your saved passwords will no longer be in the Authenticator app. You'll have to use passkeys instead -- such as a PIN, fingerprint or facial recognition. Attila Tomaschek, CNET's software senior writer and dig

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Microsoft Authenticator won't manage your passwords anymore - here's why and what's next

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-08-23 09:40:00

gyro/Getty Images Those of you who use Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager will have to find another option, and soon. That's because an upcoming change will pull the plug on the ability to use the Authenticator app to store and autofill passwords. In a recent support document, Microsoft revealed the timeline for Authenticator's retirement as a password manager. Starting in June, you'll no longer be able to add or import new passwords in the app, though you'll still be able to save p

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If you're using Microsoft Authenticator to store your passwords, don't

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-23 11:58:42

Microsoft Authenticator is sunsetting its ability to store your passwords. This month, the service stopped allowing users to add or import new passwords. Beginning in July 2025, users will no longer be able to use autofill with Authenticator, and in August 2025, passwords will no longer be available at all. Payment information stored in Authenticator will be deleted after July, and after the following month, all unsaved generated passwords will be deleted. Passkeys will still be supported in Aut

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Reminder: Microsoft Authenticator is dropping password autofill in July

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-23 16:27:04

Heads up if you’ve been using Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager: the app is phasing out support for password autofill, and all saved passwords will be deleted by August. Here’s what to do. The changes are part of Microsoft’s plan to consolidate its credential management tools under the Edge browser. Going forward, password autofill will only be available through Edge, not Authenticator. What’s changing, and when Starting June 2025, you will no longer be able to Add or Import new p

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Microsoft Authenticator will soon ditch passwords for passkeys - here's what to do

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-08-24 08:57:12

ZDNET Those of you who use Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager will have to find another option, and soon. That's because an upcoming change will pull the plug on the ability to use the Authenticator app to store and autofill passwords. In a recent support document, Microsoft revealed the timeline for Authenticator's retirement as a password manager. Starting in June, you'll no longer be able to add or import new passwords in the app, though you'll still be able to save passwords thr

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Microsoft Authenticator is ending support for passwords

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-24 08:33:25

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Microsoft will soon no longer let you use its Authenticator app to store or autofill passwords. Starting in July, you won’t be able to autofill saved passwords using Authenticator, and you’ll have to use Microsoft Edge or another password management solution instead. Microsoft also plans on deleting your saved payment information in Authenticator t

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Microsoft Is Ditching Passwords for Passkeys: How to Switch Before the August Deadline

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-04 23:00:00

Did you know there's a safer alternative to passwords? Some companies are implementing passkeys, which essentially use your biometric data, like fingerprint or facial recognition to log into your account as the first step. Passkeys can cut out risky password habits that 49% of US adults have, according to a recent CNET survey. Using the same password for multiple accounts and even using personal information, like your name, as a part of your password can lead to hackers guessing it or your pass

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I was surprised by how simple an allocator is

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-02 06:20:41

Table of Contents Introduction Recently I was looking at an issue on mimalloc, a "state-of-the-art" memory allocator developed by Microsoft. The issue was quite simple, developers wanted a way to preallocate a piece of memory and use it as mimalloc's heap. Seeing that mimalloc does not offer this feature, I thought: "how hard can it be to write a memory allocator to manage a preallocated region?". The answer to this question is: "given enough time, even a monkey with a typewriter can write

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RIP Microsoft Passwords: Here's How to Set Up a Passkey Before the August Deadline

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-09 00:00:00

Risky password habits can have big consequences, and some companies are making it easier to stay secure online by ditching decades-old password methods and implementing passkeys instead. Microsoft intends to do the same starting in August. Whether you have an easy-to-guess password or it's leaked in a company data breach, if hackers get hold of it, it can open the door to identity theft and fraud. A recent CNET survey found that 49% of US adults have risky password habits, like using the same p

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Jemalloc Postmortem

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 09:37:17

Home Published Jun 12, 2025 The jemalloc memory allocator was first conceived in early 2004, and has been in public use for about 20 years now. Thanks to the nature of open source software licensing, jemalloc will remain publicly available indefinitely. But active upstream development has come to an end. This post briefly describes jemalloc’s development phases, each with some success/failure highlights, followed by some retrospective commentary. Phase 0: Lyken In 2004 I began work on the Ly

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AI vs. endpoint attacks: What security leaders must know to stay ahead

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2025-06-06 09:00:00

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The cyber resilience playbook: Navigating the new era of threats.” Read more from this special issue here. Enterprises run the very real risk of losing the AI arms race to adversaries who weaponize large language models (LLMs) and create fraudulent bots to automate attacks. Trading on the trust of legitimate tools, adversaries are using generative AI to create malware that doesn’t create a unique signature but instead relies on fileless exe

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Fitbit is making it easier to spot when your tracker’s battery is critically low

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-06 10:27:13

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a firmware update for the Fitbit Charge 6, Inspire 3, Sense 2, and Versa 4. It brings four new status indicators that alert you when do not disturb and sleep mode are enabled, the device’s battery is critically low, or it’s disconnected from your phone. The update also includes new Bluetooth security features for the Charge 6 and Inspire 3. Fitbit’s devices are widely regarded as the best fitness trackers on the market thanks to

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Latest Tech News

Microsoft Will Erase Your Passwords in 2 Weeks: What to Do Now

Gmail's backup codes are useless to access account

C3 solved memory lifetimes with scopes

Microsoft Plans to Purge Passwords — Here's How to Protect Yours

How passkeys work: Going passwordless with public key cryptography

How passkeys work: Let's start the passkey registration process

OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic Pony Up $23M to Teach Teachers About AI

The MFA You Trust Is Lying to You – and Here's How Attackers Exploit It

Why CISOs are making the SASE switch: Fewer vendors, smarter security, better AI guardrails

Next month, saved passwords will no longer be in Microsoft’s Authenticator app

Microsoft Will Delete Your Passwords in One Month

Microsoft Authenticator won't manage your passwords anymore - here's why and what's next

If you're using Microsoft Authenticator to store your passwords, don't

Reminder: Microsoft Authenticator is dropping password autofill in July

Microsoft Authenticator will soon ditch passwords for passkeys - here's what to do

Microsoft Authenticator is ending support for passwords

Microsoft Is Ditching Passwords for Passkeys: How to Switch Before the August Deadline

I was surprised by how simple an allocator is

RIP Microsoft Passwords: Here's How to Set Up a Passkey Before the August Deadline

Jemalloc Postmortem

AI vs. endpoint attacks: What security leaders must know to stay ahead

Fitbit is making it easier to spot when your tracker’s battery is critically low

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