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    I have a passwordless account and use the authenticator app but password attempts are still...


    I have a passwordless account and use the authenticator app, whenever I was updating my devices and needed to access Microsoft, I got authentication requests on my app that I had to approve with no password asked for. I have noticed that there are roughly 15+ attempts a day trying to get into my Microsoft account from different locations, eg Germany, Britan, Russia, Seychelles, China, and getting denied because "incorrect password entered". If I have a passwordless account, how are they still able to make password attempts and why am I not getting notification of the attempts? One password a

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