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Microsoft Authenticator - mobile always required?
Up front: I don't use Microsoft Authenticator. Instead I have been using a password manager for almost 20 years now.
In the past I occasionally I checked out Authentictor, but always felt it is / was more complicated then my password manager.
Passwords are protected by a master password, which they say is impossible to crack.
The master password works convenient, no mobile phone required, no 2FA, one can log in into websites on a different location, let's say you are waiting somewhere, even if the phone is at home.
Now, AFAIK, Microsoft Authenticator always (...) requires the use of a cell phone(?)
OTOH I read "You’ll use a fingerprint, face recognition, or a PIN for security."
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...9-8cf666fe0acc
The word 'PIN' shows up just once on that page, instead it describes the setup using QR and a mobile device.
I have 2 questions:
1. is it possible to make use of Authenticator using a PIN code instead of a mobile device, both on Android and WIndows 10 desktop?
2. if so, then I can stop using my password manager, after transferring passwords from the password manager into Authenticator. Does Authenticator offer some sort of import of passwords?
Thanks!