Microsoft is further nudging users away from passwords by rolling out passwordless sign-in options to all consumer Microsoft accounts.
The tech giant, like many others in the industry, has waged a war against traditional password-based authentication for some time. This is because passwords are a prime target for cyberattacks, since weak or reused passwords can be guessed or brute-forced through automated attacks.
To that end, and as it gears up to launch Windows 11 in just a few weeks time, Microsoft is rolling out its passwordless sign-in option, previously available only to commercial customers, to all Microsoft accounts. This means that …
