Microsoft looks like being next with two-factor authentication

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We've written recently about Apple and Automattic starting to offer two-factor authentication (2FA) for online accounts.

Word on the street says that Microsoft will soon be doing the two-step, too.

The rumours all seem to stem from one source, Microsoft technogoss site liveside.net, whose allegedly-leaked screenshots of not-yet-public interface pages seem to bear out the story.

So, with appropriate caution given that all roads seem to emanate from the same place, here are some screenshots of liveside's screenshots.

This one shows what purports to be a new option in the Security info tab of the Microsoft account configuration interface:

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