SOFTWARE WARNING!
SafeAuth’s ‘Microsoft Authenticator’ lookalike
Keumars Afifi-Sabet puts the boot into tech villains, jargon-spouting companies and software trying to trick you
If you search for ‘microsoft authenticator’ on the Google Play Store, you’d expect that app to be the top result. But you’d be overlooking Google’s unquenchable thirst for ad money. As the screenshot right shows, the top result is actually a ‘sponsored’ listing for ‘Authenticator app’ 1 .