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Microsoft Now Appears to Require a Cell Phone Number to Create a Microsoft Account

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:47:22 No.51010382 View Reply Report Delete

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We full-on NSA tool now.

Even google doesn't require this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:48:10 No.51010400 Report Delete

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>>51010382
vkontake requires a phone number as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:48:33 No.51010407 Report Delete

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They've also started locking people out of existing accounts unless they enter a cell phone number

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:48:38 No.51010408 Report Delete

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>>51010382
fuck

FUCK

this is bad for me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:49:01 No.51010417 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010433 >>51011061

>>51010382
>Even google doesn't require this.
It did last time I wanted to create an account

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:49:46 No.51010433 Report Delete

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>>51010407
yeah they do this already

>>51010417
nah just dont enter one in the phone number field its fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:49:51 No.51010436 Report Delete

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>>51010382
>Even google doesn't require this.
Better re-check those facts anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:51:08 No.51010454 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010695 >>51010709

>>51010436
I just made an account. You leave the box blank and it does it just fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:53:36 No.51010504 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010582 >>51010614 >>51010651

Don't you need a Microsoft account to register windows 10 now?

>it's not a botnet they said

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:56:40 No.51010564 Report Delete

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>>51010382
>i'm too stupid to make an email account without a phone number

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:57:24 No.51010582 Report Delete

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>>51010564
There are other uses for a Microsoft account other than email anon.
See:
>>51010504

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:58:56 No.51010613 Report Delete

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>>51010382
Two-step authentication is really useful.

It's literally a non-issue unless you want to make 20 fake accounts.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:59:03 No.51010614 Report Delete

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>>51010504
>register
>w10

Are you retarded?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:00:57 No.51010651 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010677 >>51010681

>>51010504
no
but they try their hardest to force you to use an ms account
with windows 8.1 though they did force you to connect to an ms account if you where connected to the internet, and the only way around it was to disconnect

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:01:33 No.51010660 Report Delete

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I like the added security.

But considering they recycle email addresses I dont use them regardless. Apparently I care more about security than them. And the 16 char password limit is a joke.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:02:17 No.51010677 Report Delete

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>>51010651
>with windows 8.1 though they did force you to connect to an ms account if you where connected to the internet

>being literally retarded

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:02:33 No.51010681 Report Delete

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>>51010651
no they don't.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:02:56 No.51010695 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010706 >>51011119

>>51010454
Which country are you in?
Doesn't allow you to create an account without a phone number in Australia.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:03:32 No.51010706 Report Delete

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>>51010695
Freedomland

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:03:35 No.51010708 Report Delete

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>>51010382
they accept 5555555555 as input.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:03:36 No.51010709 Report Delete

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>>51010454
they must already have yours...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:03:41 No.51010711 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010753 >>51010766 >>51010780 >>51011043 >>51011618

>>51010677
>>51010681
yes they do, there's no skip option anywhere like with windows 8.0 or win 10

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:04:34 No.51010730 Report Delete

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>>51010708
Sure, they accept it as input. Then they try and send a text to it and it fails.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:05:31 No.51010753 Report Delete

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>>51010711
I'm on 8.1 and could skip it.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:06:07 No.51010766 Report Delete

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>>51010711
Literally retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:06:37 No.51010775 Report Delete

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Just put anything in. They only use that if you try to reset your password.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:06:53 No.51010780 Report Delete

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>>51010711
There actually was, but they made it purposefully obtuse since you had to click on "create a new account" and then on that screen there was the option to skip without entering any information.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:07:19 No.51010789 Report Delete

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>>51010775
Read the error message in OP's picture. They're verifying it before they let you create an account.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:07:55 No.51010802 Report Delete

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>>51010730
I made an account with a 555 number last week. There's a box that says something like "I can't receive text messages at this time."

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:08:21 No.51010806 Report Delete

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>>51010802
Doesn't show up for me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:08:29 No.51010811 Report Delete

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>>51010789
make a dummy email.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:08:59 No.51010820 Report Delete

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>>51010382
>Even google doesn't require this.
But google does it too, Rajeev. Even before microcuck does.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:09:46 No.51010831 Report Delete

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Microsoft just kicked me off my 4 accounts and forced me to change my passwords.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:10:59 No.51010853 Report Delete

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>>51010811
They ask for a phone number regardless of what you put in the secondary contact boxes. That's what's new.

>>51010820
It doesn't. Google looks like they require a phone number but you can just ignore it and they'll still create an account. Microsoft no longer will.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:17:27 No.51010970 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51010991 >>51010994

>>51010382
Nice meme.

inb4
>i was just pretending to be retarded

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:18:31 No.51010991 Report Delete

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>>51010970
Literally used 1234567890 as a phone number.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:18:50 No.51010994 Report Delete

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>>51010970
It legit does it for me. Maybe they're rolling it out or it's based on IP? I'll try again from work tomorrow and see.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:21:53 No.51011043 Report Delete

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>>51010711
I LITERALLY just installed 8.1 and you can skip it just fine, it's just not so obvious on the first screen. I'm using a local account right now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:22:56 No.51011061 Report Delete

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>>51010417
You don't need one for Google. Just skip it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:23:10 No.51011067 Report Delete

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>>51010382
what if you don't have a phone? are you just cucked?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:25:55 No.51011119 Report Delete

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>>51010695
>Australia

theres your problem, even google is now aware of how many shitposters originate from there

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:31:04 No.51011213 Report Delete

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>>51011111

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:37:31 No.51011340 Report Delete

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I ran into this before, but only after creating multiple (5+) accounts in a row from the same IP.

It's a security function to filter out bots.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:37:55 No.51011348 Report Delete

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fucking
bastards
tfw no phone

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:38:50 No.51011363 Report Delete

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>>51010382
So what happens if you don't have a smartphone?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:40:53 No.51011401 Report Delete

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>>51011363
Use your home phone or a payphone.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:50:02 No.51011546 Report Delete

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>>51011401
>implying there's a payphone within 250 from here
No poor people allowed it seems.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:52:22 No.51011580 Report Delete

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>australians

also

>not using cock.li

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:53:19 No.51011594 Report Delete

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>>51010382
get a burner phone

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:54:39 No.51011618 Report Delete

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>>51010711
Why would you comment on something that you clearly have no experience with? You're asking to be made fun of.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:55:52 No.51011638 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51011654

>>51010382
Twitter gave a presentation at my school a few weeks ago, and they said they were going to require phone numbers soon as well. Seems everybody is going the "full authentication" route to help put down spam and create safe spaces for people online.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:56:49 No.51011654 Report Delete

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>>51011638
>and create safe spaces for people online.

OH BOY

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:57:14 No.51011664 Report Delete

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>>51011594
>buying a phone
>just so you can use windows

so this is what it's come to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 20:58:13 No.51011679 Report Delete

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Google sometimes requires a phone number. It did for me a couple times. I got around it by changing my country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 21:01:14 No.51011733 Report Delete

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>>51011654
It was an actual reason though. They didn't say safe space obviously, but they told us they want people to be responsible for what they say to others. That way if you want to say something offensive, you only do so if your comfortable knowing people would know YOU said it.

The guy who's designing it said it wouldn't start off being required, but over time they're going to start pushing more and more requirements for authorization of Twitter accounts.

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