Windows 10: authenticator is asking me to authenticate using authenticator to use authenticator

So first of all... Why is "Microsoft Authenticator" not an option in the "Products" dropdown when choosing where this post should go? I'm just going to choose "Windows"... Sorry not sorry.Also, I can't take a screenshot on the Microsoft Authenticator app without it capturing a black image thanks, so here is a very saturated webcam picture of my phone screen.When I click "Passwords" section on the Microsoft authenticator app, I see a button that says "Sign In". So, I click the button, to sign in. Then, it asks me to authenticate using microsoft authenticator, but I am not signed in, and this

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key authentication

Quick poll! I finally got around to securing my remote VM by disabling password authentication and using key authentication only for SSH. Curious if others do the same.

 

key authentication

I actually recently switched to key authentication myself.

 

Web Authentication

The OP also talks about his smartphone, so it's in context for that. It also applies to web authentication too though as apps can use a smartphone's biometric features for authentication too.

And yeah, "secure" passwords can be cracked on a non-secure system too when the company running it is sloppy. Nothing's perfect, unfortunately. *Oh Well hwell: