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I had Microsoft do this. They notified me that my account was being suspicious, so I needed to provide a phone number to use it. I had literally just made the a
by jammygit 8y ago
I had Microsoft do this. They notified me that my account was being suspicious, so I needed to provide a phone number to use it. I had literally just made the account though, zero activity at all. It was just to force me to give a phone number to them for their data harvest
- dylan604 8y agoI ran into this with MS as well. However, they explicitly stated that it did not need to be my phone number. So since it was for a work thing, I ask to use my boss' number to get around the lockout. Seemed pretty pointless.
- jsymolon 8y agoOne of my land-line numbers is so spam filled, i ignore it and use it as the default phone number for such antics. I disconnected the ringer so it doesn't bother me.