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Microsoft is killing SMS codes for Microsoft account sign-in, aggressively pushes passkeys on Windows 11
(www.windowslatest.com)
this post was submitted on 19 May 2026
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But this is actually good. I don’t get the complaints. Choose whichever 2nd factor suits you (preferably passkeys), but SMS give a false sense of security