Timeline for How secure is Windows 8 email authentication?
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| Mar 19, 2013 at 0:00 | vote | accept | enon | ||
| Dec 24, 2012 at 23:23 | comment | added | grauwulf | nope. And I have a completely isolated account for my phone. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 23:01 | comment | added | SLaks | I take it you don't have a Chromebook... (or an Android tablet) | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 21:41 | comment | added | grauwulf | Thanks for the follow up Slaks. I assumed that it was just poor wording but you never know with those crazy MicroSoft kids. As to the 'vs Google' question; I don't think it is any worse than the google apps approach but I don't log into my computer with my Google email address either :-) | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 21:33 | comment | added | SLaks | That's misleading; you can use a Microsoft Account to sign into a Windows 8 PC after adding that account to the PC (which requires admin) | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 21:32 | comment | added | SLaks | How is that worse than a Google Account? | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 21:20 | comment | added | grauwulf | Also ( windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/… ) "You can also use a Microsoft account to sign in to any PC running Windows 8." I hope it's just a poor wording but it sounds like I can use my Windows Account to log into your computer. :-/ | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 21:18 | comment | added | grauwulf | Well, it's an email account and a bit more: ""Microsoft account" is the new name for what used to be called a "Windows Live ID." Your Microsoft account is the combination of an email address and a password that you use to sign in to services like Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE, or Outlook.com." It's just my opinion but from a security point of view I think this is a terrible idea. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 20:59 | comment | added | SLaks | Actually, it uses a Microsoft Account, not an arbitrary email account. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 15:59 | history | edited | Rory Alsop♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 24, 2012 at 14:23 | history | answered | grauwulf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |