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Microsoft Authenticator Spams Sign-In Requests Without Even Needing Your Password - André Klein Dot Net (andreklein.net)
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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You don’t want to give that confirmation to the attacker.

That's how it works on > 90% of the websites on the internet. And that's usually not a problem, because one usually does not suddenly know the password of other people.