Microsoft Hops On Two-Factor Authentication Bandwagon 132
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."
Re:What does this mean? (Score:2, Insightful)
Who cares?
Re:Does MS even understand Two Factor (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.
Re:Does MS even understand Two Factor (Score:1, Insightful)
"Scroogled" is just silly marketing. I'm talking about actual privacy. Google tracks and *STORES* everything you do on the internet that touches a Google server. MS does not. That's because that's Google's business model.
And Google is caught, constantly, repeatedly, and without remorse, doing bad things with people's private data.
But, no, MS follows the laws of other countries? OMYGOD! Guess what: Google does as well. They have to. It's (duh) the law.