Teams account permanently locked when linked phone number is lost
Users who lose access to their linked phone number have no alternative recovery path in Teams — no backup email verification, no admin bypass documented for personal accounts. This represents a single point of failure in identity recovery that causes permanent data loss. The gap is structurally present across many MFA-dependent platforms and points to a wider identity resilience problem.
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Enterprise Apps Block Legitimate Users With More Security Friction Than Attackers Face
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