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How it works: Backup and restore for Microsoft Authenticator

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Alex Weinert
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Nov 13, 2019
Editor’s Note: For up-to-date resources, please visit the following:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/back-up-account-credentials-in-microsoft-authenticator-bb939936-7a8d-4e88...
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Adambpa
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Nov 08, 2022

Also overwrote a good backup with blank one because there are no safeguards preventing you from doing so.  Maybe a prompt that says, "A backup already exists, are you sure you want to overwrite?" would go a long way from preventing this nightmare.  What a piece of junk.  #MeToo