Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft

Re:Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft by Wojakmeme on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:04PM (#30516678)

Microsoft forced me to add a phone nunber for "security reasons" because of "supspicious login activity". It was the first time I logged into the Microsoft account after I created it one day ago. There was nothing listed in the login activity section.

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Re:Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft by raxxorrax on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:45AM (#30525557)

That was exactly my experience after posting an unrelated technical question on some MS forum. Wanted to delete my account immediately because I didn't want to deal with their botnet flagging accounts. Could not delete my account anymore without providing a telephone number. Their dead database entry then...

I guess they flagged it because I didn't provide contact information in the first place.

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Re:Mojang to Require a Microsoft Account to Play Minecraft by tehbeard on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:15PM (#30516825)

I have one phone number and two minecraft accounts... What's the betting using it twice will lock both and fuck me out of office and Xbox?

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