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Employer Requiring Microsoft Authenticator

As the title says, my employer is now requiring us to install Microsoft Authenticator onto our personal cell phones in order to access our work email (not just from our phones, but from our work computers, as well). Installing anything that's employer-mandated on my personal devices makes me extremely uncomfortable– if they want us to do that, they should provide us with work phones, but I work in public education, so that's not going to happen. But for people who know more about the app than I do: Is it something that can send information from our devices back to our employer? I've looked around but haven't been able to find a definitive answer. I heard that it can show your employer a list of all the apps you have on your phone, which I already feel is too much information for them to have, but I mostly worry about…


As the title says, my employer is now requiring us to install Microsoft Authenticator onto our personal cell phones in order to access our work email (not just from our phones, but from our work computers, as well). Installing anything that's employer-mandated on my personal devices makes me extremely uncomfortable– if they want us to do that, they should provide us with work phones, but I work in public education, so that's not going to happen. But for people who know more about the app than I do: Is it something that can send information from our devices back to our employer? I've looked around but haven't been able to find a definitive answer. I heard that it can show your employer a list of all the apps you have on your phone, which I already feel is too much information for them to have, but I mostly worry about photos, messages, private emails, and location, you know? Any info on the topic would be greatly appreciated.

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