Microsoft sent me an email today. They are setting up MFA (multi-factor authentication) on their sites. I’ve been online a long time and I know that the most insecure OS is Windows. I know that the most insecure browser is IE followed by Edge. Now they are insisting that I set up MFA to log in to their websites or online platforms. The security problem is behind their firewalls, not on my side of it. But OK, I’ll add MFA to my sign in. Except, there are over 100 pages of information without once giving me a simple link to click to set it up. No, what they want is for me to download their secure app (chortle), and use that. NFL says this Little Black Duck. I’ll just stop using any Microsoft platform. No big deal, I don’t use them much anyway. Their documentation reminded me of a joke. There was an engineering company in Seattle that needed to submit a tender by the deadline. Unfortunately, Seattle was fog-bound and the traffic was grid-locked. Because it was a potentially lucrative contract they hired a helicopter to get the tender to where it needed to be. But the chopper pilot couldn’t identify any landmarks except the tops of buildings, so he moved close to one and held up a sign that read, “Where am I?”. A person in the building noticed and held up a sign that said, “In a Helicopter”. The pilot waved his thanks and delivered the tender on time. When asked later how he did that he replied that he knew where he was because he knew the building was the Microsoft building because the help was 100% correct and 100% useless. Regards, P.S. I might have mentioned on occasion that the only way to secure your online business was to have an email list. When you rely on a third-party platform for your income you could lose it all in a heartbeat. With a backed-up email list, you can start again in less than 1 hour. Get started building your only true online asset, your email list. |
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