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   by hn2019 4y ago

   The point to be made to your colleagues is that requiring people to provide a phone number in order to unlock a Microsoft account is driving those people away from other Microsoft products, such as Excel. So effectively, the poor account ma
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   by hn2019 4y ago

   Yeah, allowing someone to enter an arbitrary phone number is actually worse security than sending the confirmation code to the email address associated with the account.
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   by hn2019 4y ago

   And Microsoft could send the confirmation code to the email address already associated with the account, but they would rather create a reason to siphon more data from people.
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   by hn2019 4y ago

   Nice intro, but the post is for paid subscribers only.
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   Tell HN: Microsoft locks migrated Minecraft accounts, requires phone to unlock

   238 points by hn2019 4y ago|125 comments
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   by hn2019 5y ago

   It was probably (hopefully?) just water scale from hard water building up mineral deposits on the insides of the pipes.
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   by hn2019 7y ago

   I am a US Citizen residing in the CET/CEST Time Zone and am looking for opportunities to develop software within a distributed team. I am not willing to relocate. I have fifteen years of professional experience developing software in c