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my phone just broke and i rely on ms edge for all my passwords me who is using ms edge on linux b/c this pc doesnt run win 10 nicely im stuck any idea when acccount syncin is avalable on linux
Bradfordbrad Neither Microsoft Account sign-in nor sync is currently available for Edge-Linux. Both appear to be planned for release at some point in the future, but Microsoft has not given us any information about when those basic features will be available despite repeated inquiries. Based on the history of development lag for Edge-Linux, it may well be months. You might be able to retrieve your passwords through Microsoft Support, signing in to your MSA with Firefox or whatever browser is used on your Linux machine.
tomscharbach wrote:Bradfordbrad Neither You might be able to retrieve your passwords through Microsoft Support, signing in to your MSA with Firefox or whatever browser is used on your Linux machine.
I don't think so. Microsoft support shouldn't have access to user passwords, even if the data is not encrypted, which they are (see below), they're not going to give out user password in plain text, not even on a file.
that'd just sound ridiculous.
"hey Microsoft support, what's my Facebook password?"
"here you go sir: fAcEbO0k0231"
Questions & answers about Microsoft Authenticator app - Azure AD | Microsoft Docs
- Cloud and network security: Your passwords on the cloud are encrypted and decrypted only when they reach your device. Passwords are synced over an SSL-protected HTTPS connection, which ensures no attacker can eavesdrop on sensitive data when it is being synced. We also ensure we check the sanity of data being synced over network using cryptographic hashed functions (specifically, hash-based message authentication code).
These are the same passwords as Edge. Authenticator app and Edge now share the encrypted passwords. when you change your password for a website on Edge, the password is also changed in Authenticator app, because they use the same encrypted database.
HotCakeX "I don't think so. Microsoft support shouldn't have access to user passwords, even if the data is not encrypted, which they are (see below), they're not going to give out user password in plain text, not even on a file. that'd just sound ridiculous. "hey Microsoft support, what's my Facebook password?" "here you go sir: fAcEbO0k0231""
I agree with you "that'd just sound ridiculous", but your response has little or nothing to do with what I suggested ("You might be able to retrieve your passwords through Microsoft Support, signing in to your MSA with Firefox or whatever browser is used on your Linux machine.")
I did not say (or suggest) that Microsoft Support had access to the passwords or would "give out user password in plain text, not even on a file", but instead said that Microsoft Support might be able to help Bradfordbrad (the "you") retrieve Bradfordbrad's (the first "your") passwords if he was able to sign into Bradfordbrad's (the second "your") MSA through the browser on Bradfordbrad's (the third "your") Linux machine.
I don't know if it is possible or not (hence the "might be able to"), but it is possible that Microsoft could show Bradfordbrad how to retrieve his passwords through his Microsoft Account if he has access to that account. Bradfordbrad might have a path to his stored passwords through his Microsoft Account or he might not, but a call to Microsoft Support to find out would not hurt, it seems to me.
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tomscharbach wrote:HotCakeX "I don't think so. Microsoft support shouldn't have access to user passwords, even if the data is not encrypted, which they are (see below), they're not going to give out user password in plain text, not even on a file. that'd just sound ridiculous. "hey Microsoft support, what's my Facebook password?" "here you go sir: fAcEbO0k0231""
I agree with you "that'd just sound ridiculous", but you might want to read the sentence I actually wrote ("You might be able to retrieve your passwords through Microsoft Support, signing in to your MSA with Firefox or whatever browser is used on your Linux machine.") before conjuring up ridiculous scenarios and responding to those scenarios.
I did not say (or suggest) that Microsoft Support had access to the passwords or would "give out user password in plain text, not even on a file", but instead said that Microsoft Support might be able to help Bradfordbrad (the "you") retrieve Bradfordbrad's (the first "your") passwords if he was able to sign into Bradfordbrad's (the second "your") MSA through the browser on Bradfordbrad's (the third "your") Linux machine.
I don't know if it is possible or not (hence the "might be able to"), but it is possible that Microsoft could show Bradfordbrad how to retrieve his passwords through his Microsoft Account if he has access to that account. Bradfordbrad might have a path to his stored passwords through his Microsoft Account or he might not, but a call to Microsoft Support to find out would not hurt, it seems to me.
I don't intend to get into a spitting match with you over this, but I have noticed that while your responses to people are often spot on, at other times you don't seem to be responding to what a person actually asks or says. This, it seems to me, is one of the latter times.
I've read it completely before writing my comment, but I'm afraid you seem to have misunderstood the post.
the OP's problem is a device problem, not account, meaning he doesn't have access to a device to use Edge or Microsoft authenticator app on.
Microsoft support can't provide anyone with a device.
signing into Microsoft account on Firefox won't give user access to their passwords.
there are currently only 3 ways to gain access to your passwords, either through Edge password manager (which requires the browser to be installed + sync capabilities), through the authenticator app on mobile devices or through the Microsoft Autofill extension for Chrome.
there is no online website to see saved passwords in.
I understand you use words like "might" or "could" and what they mean, but what I use and propose is what is available, doable and possible at the moment.
