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Joshua Dolecal
Jan 09, 2018Copper Contributor
Disable "Windows Hello"
I am an admin, and attempting to disable "Windows Hello for Business" also referred to as 2-step authentication. From what I gather, this option is set as "disabled" by default. I confirmed this. How...
AtotehZ
May 31, 2020Copper Contributor
I just want to burn everything that has to do with Windows Hello with a blowtorch.
Why do they do this? When they do **bleep** like this I honestly feel like signing every single microsoft center up to scientology, jehovas witnesses, other various spam packages and see how they like being bombarded with CRAP noone asked for. F*** OFF!
My problem with it is that it's invasive. At no point are you asked if you want to activate it and there's no obvious way to disable it. I could probably disable it if I had the time, but for gods sake. Why force it upon people without asking? It's dirty practices and deserves to be spat on.
Thierry Vos
Jun 18, 2020MCT
It has to do with safety on the Identity side of things. Identity is the new control plane and those looking to just secure their perimeter are obviously not getting the point of a Cloud Connected world. Windows Hello brings great benefit to user simplicity when it comes to logging on and security through conditional access for instance. I'd be happy to point you to the right articles for a better understanding. Start with this one: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-identity-verification