Microsoft accounts with no phone number are being locked #4093
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my guess is this is related to being a new Microsoft account and unrelated to MultiMC, Facebook and Google are known for similar heuristics with new accounts |
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I knew it had something to do with heuristics, but i wanted to make you guys aware and any other people that may be having the issue. I just don't want to get locked again and not be able to get back in because my minecraft account is in that Microsoft account. |
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I'd appreciate if anyone else who runs into this issue would leave a comment here. It would be useful to know if this is only happening to people who have just created a new Microsoft account, or if there is something else going on here. From what I can tell, so far the few accounts that have been locked were newly created accounts. Either way, this is pretty concerning. Hopefully it doesn't become a recurring issue. |
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As far as I'm aware, this is happening to many (all?) new accounts that are created without a phone number. Old accounts without a number seem to work fine (for now). I tried creating a Microsoft account in preparation for the migration a few months ago (not used for anything), and it was locked. For another new account, I tried adding 2FA with TOTP immediately after account creation, and the account was also locked within a few days. I did not use a VPN/similar to create the accounts. (I did use Firefox on macOS with MultiMC did not touch either of these accounts at all, so this doesn't seem like it's related to MultiMC, but rather just Microsoft requiring phone numbers to be associated with some/most/all new accounts in a roundabout way (which isn't very fun...). E: Also, someone on r/minecraft claimed that Microsoft support told them that all new accounts require a phone number (https://old.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/nvjcit/possible_big_change_coming_with_account_migration/). I'm not sure whether this is true, but I wouldn't be surprised. |
Yeah. I created two MSA accounts for two of my accounts on the fifth and migrated immediately after, and added TOTP to it but no phone number. It's now required me to put in a phone number to both to unlock them. I seem to be unable to use the same phone number for multiple accounts (I only have one phone number but multiple MC and MSA accounts), meaning that my other MSA account is locked for good now. edit: I have the same browser config as the person above and the person below me. |
i also have the same browser config |
Alright, so the lack of a phone number seems to be the common factor here instead of just the age. I wish we had more to go on than what some guy said support told him, but such is life. Not sure what we can even do about this aside from telling people to add a phone number to their accounts and begging Microsoft to stop this nonsense. Even worse, if you have no phone, I guess you're just SOL. Anyway, now I'd be interested to hear from anyone whose account has been locked even with a phone number on it, since that would suggest something else going on either instead or in addition to the phone number issue. |
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For what it's worth, here's my experience. I'm on Linux and I've had the Microsoft account I use for Minecraft for years. It doesn't have a telephone number associated with the account, as that is used for another Microsoft account I have. However, it does have an email account from a different provider associated and is used for confirmation purposes. I'd been using MultiMC Dev with the MS account, without issue, for a couple of weeks. Then, for some reason I had to log in to my MS account again. I believe that was just after MultiMC changed the way they handled the MS account integration. At that point I received the account locked message from the OP. In my case, I just had to enter the secondary email account mentioned above and my account was unlocked. That was a week or so ago and it's been working fine since. |
Maybe you can use a service called TextNow to get a throwaway phone number (which has texting features) and unlock your account using it? |
I do want to clarify that the "few months ago" simply means that I created the account a few months ago and it was locked a few months ago - it didn't take a few months for it to lock, it took a few days. I said what I did about the old accounts because I realized afterwards that I had an old Microsoft account that I forgot about, and when I looked in its info, there was no phone number there. However, it's unlocked and working (for now). A summary about my old, working account:
All of this to say, I have no idea what (didn't) trigger a lock. |
from @wafflecoffee:
@Forkk all of this phone number non-sense is actually worse, especially the part where a phone number is considered unique and cannot be re-used for other accounts, someone I know got locked out of her MS account, which was newly created for Minecraft, but the thing is, she had another MS account long ago that got deleted, and it had the phone number associated to it, and now she can't link the phone number to her current new account. |
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Well, this is pretty disappointing. I'm hoping Microsoft will rethink this policy, but there isn't really much we can do about it from our end. I'm going to close this now, as it's pretty clear that MultiMC is not causing this issue. If I learn anything new about this situation, I'll post an update here. |
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I just came across this issue on here as well as saw that the reddit thread I commented on got linked here, so I figured I'd chime in here about this issue. Microsoft accounts without phone numbers being locked has been happening for a few years now, and the age of the account does not matter (currently you're more likely to encounter the phone number prompt during the initial account creation). Even worse is that it happens after a random amount of time too and can happen when doing anything with the account (I had an old MS account my sister wanted to use to play Minecraft Bedrock and the account got locked and demanded a phone number the moment she signed in to the game with it; before that it would work fine without a phone number). Since this is something Microsoft intentionally implemented on their account system, you may also encounter this issue in the official Minecraft launcher as well. Unfortunately the only solution is to provide an SMS-capable phone number when prompted to do so. This also means that it will soon be almost impossible to legitimately play Minecraft Java Edition without providing an SMS-capable phone number. Why is Microsoft doing this? It's the same reason most other large services (Facebook, Twitter, Google, Discord, etc.) now require you provide a phone number to create an account: they want to tie the account to a real-life identity, most likely for data collection purposes, government laws and regulations, or something more nefarious we don't know about. They could also be planning to enforce more strict guidelines like on the Bedrock Edition, and making alternate accounts far more difficult (and expensive) to create and maintain is the perfect first step in doing so. Why have they not bothered to mention in the official migration FAQs and content that you basically need a phone number (several if you have alternate accounts) to continue playing the Java Edition? It's simple: the vast majority of people out there (including people that play Minecraft) simply do not care about privacy or security and are used (and conditioned) to giving away their personal phone number to various companies without questions or concerns. Said people also rarely or never use alternate accounts. Whether or not Microsoft or Mojang will actually change anything or clarify anything in the future is unknown. The only way Microsoft or Mojang would change anything quickly is if there were to be massive backlash from the community about the phone number requirement, which may never happen. |
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This requirement must be removed for Minecraft, imo. Even the devs have multiple accounts and needing multiple unique phone numbers is not reasonable. |
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It's that, or finally doing multiple profiles per account. |
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I completely agree that Minecraft should be exempt from the SMS-capable phone number requirement. But sadly Mojang/Microsoft will never do it since the vast majority of the community does not care about giving away their phone number and other personal information. Also they will never allow you to have multiple Minecraft profiles per Microsoft Account as it would make it easy and cheap to bypass bans from servers. It would also be bad anyways since it means an attacker gets access to all your Minecraft profiles if your MS account gets compromised in any way (through SIM-swap attack, social engineering, phishing, etcetera). Unfortunately there is basically no way we can change anything now (like getting the SMS-capable phone number requirement removed). Posting about this on the Minecraft subreddit won't work since the post will just get buried and downvoted by the people that don't see any issues with Microsoft's practices. Other subreddits like r/privacy will probably remove it under the "already covered" rule and because Minecraft technically falls under e-sports. None of the big Minecraft YouTubers are probably interested in even covering this issue since it probably doesn't affect them (they have the money to maintain alternate accounts under the new system). Tweeting or contacting the Minecraft developers won't get anywhere since they probably don't have any control over the account migration and its requirements. The only thing we can really do now is notify other people about what Microsoft's is doing. |
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My account had the same problem, it was new and had a fresh migration. (sorry for the late comment forkk) |
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You might remember me (as Raddah18 on discord) that I had to create a lot of MSA accounts and I followed their docs (3 per day) and they got locked anyway. Still need to unlock 28 more, all of my other alts has been migrated successfully! Good luck everyone! |
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This is mental. Can't we just sue them or something? I already paid for my 2 accounts and now they want more from me. A phone number is valuable personal information... |
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@Forkk, in reply to your comment; My MS account is approx 5 - 7 years old. My Mojang account is fairly old too (beta or even alpha can't remember) and yet even I got hit with a locked account/phone number verification requirement. This is not just for new accounts, either MS or Mojang. Edit: The only other service that has access is Samsung (MyFiles) and that isn't unverified so 🤷 |
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i think i deeply regret my migration now cause now my alt account is locked by microsoft, and only can be given back access if i provide my phone number. edit: i've decided to disassociate my phone number with a microsoft that I don't even use for minecraft, and gave the phone number to microsoft. i then went into the settings to find my phone number nowhere to be found. suspicious |
Look under https://account.microsoft.com/profile when signed in with that account and you will see it there. |
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I'm reasonably sure it's the unverified status of MultiMC that's triggering this. furthermore ,it's not a phone number requirement, but an unlock requirement. if your account has a secondary email, it will use that instead of a phone number. I think it's this. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/mark-app-as-publisher-verified yes, this means you have to publish MultiMC5 on the MS store to make a version that works properly with MS Auth. That's their real objective here. |
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As requested by a previous respondent to the OP I am also having this issue. For the last four or five days I've been randomly kicked off the MC server (privately owned, not realms) and told that the MS account was logged out and I would have to manually log in again. I haven't had anything asking me for a phone number yet... But it is getting kinda shitty. |
Not sure if this counts but the old MS account that I created to try out the Bedrock Edition (back when it was free and named Windows 10 Edition) got locked and demanded a phone number when my sister used it to play Minecraft Bedrock (the official UWP app through Microsoft Store) on her Windows laptop. The account worked fine everywhere else until she used it to specifically play the game, and she never used the account with any 3rd party programs and websites. My sister also migrated our old Mojang account to another MS Account (her personal one) last month, however she has not used it in a little while so neither of us know if the account has been locked with the phone number requirement or not. I also do not know if my sister has ever added a phone number to her personal account or if it was ever locked with the phone number block either, but I'll try to find out. |
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Hello everyone, here is first feedback, as mentioned.
To add to that: Others reported they did migrate and play normally, didn't use any alternate launchers nor mods, but also gotten an acc lock with mandatory phone number message. Seems to hint that at least not using a new MS acc within that 1 week period could be one of the factors triggering the lock, but this is pure speculation currently. In case you haven't already, I strongly advise anyone with a MS acc who didn't insert a phone number yet voluntarily and doesn't want to, e.g. out of privacy concerns, to immediately Generate a RECOVERY CODE.
Generate a new code If you do, a kind of inline-popup should appear with your Recovery Code, a long code consisting of 5 pairs with 5 chars each, both letters and numbers. Next time MS might lock you out, instead of giving a phone number, it should be possible to use that Recovery Code instead. At least that's what I hope, I haven't been able to verify this yet. If any of you might run into this issue and have had a Recovery Code and it saved you to add a phone number, please let me know. Thank you very much, |
Just tried this out with a brand new MS Account, they seem to require you add another email address or a phone number to the account before you can access the "Advanced security options" page. Though this may only apply if during creating an account you choose to get a new email address instead of using an existing one. I'll have to try and get a non-disposable email address (disposables won't work since the email you add is attached as a recovery method, and disposables tend to be reused or deleted). Why they didn't ask for this during account creation is mind-boggling, but probably the same reason they don't immediately ask for a phone number. |
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Hello MCNerd!
Thank you very much to bring this up, it slipped my mind while I wrote my last message. I read quite a while back (from 1 person only thus far) that with this very alternate email address, they could indeed recover their MS account! Wanted to have this confirmed, as I only read it thus far from 1 person, so I noted it down, just to be safe, in case it was actually possible and would also really work. I wasn't aware you can do this whilst going to the "Advanced Security" page first time, so this is extremely valuable intel!
It would be fantastic of you if you would be so kind to test that, and get back to us/me, so I can share it. As for emails: A buddy of mine who is into privacy recommends Proton Mail for its safety.
If you look at all the security breaches, MS is also apparently not perfect in other matters, so maybe they simply didn't think of doing so (yet), the possibility to add a second email address (or phone number) if you register a new MS acc (and I'm 100% with you there, they really should do that). That being said, one might tend to think that even a big company like MS should have noticed by now that there are plenty of people being locked, as MS collects a lot of data and makes lots of statistics for that data. (There's a current hypothesis related to WIN11 that being locked out is intention, but that would lead too far for here and now.) Plus, I've seen people complaining about their acc being locked so they had to give a phone number on Twitter towards Mojang (potentially also MS?) and big MC YTers of the English-speaking MC community also some Mojangsta follow, hence it seems to me currently that it would be really mind-boggling if it hadn't come to MS' attention by now; at least maybe also due to an increase, influx, of people contacting MS Support for it. (Let's put aside that those big MC YTers - at least some of them endorsed by MS - are not backing their fans by using their reach and influence and don't report about this on their YT channel for some reason.) Thank you so much for your feedback and help! |
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The main reason this is even an issue is minecraft is a kids game, and
collecting phone numbers from kids violates privacy laws.
And no one bothers to make a kids account, because they don't want their
parents controlling things. At least i think they removed the cost to
create them now.
But that's how you are supposed to do it.. Have the adult create child
accounts for their kids, then gift the game to each child account. this
should avoid the lock, as long as the parent account has the phone number.
It seems that all account are intended to have a phone number now, except
for kids accounts, which need to be linked to a parent account's email. And
a recovery email is allowed as a substitute, for if you don't actually have
a phone number.
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Yes exactly, this is surely one of the, or the reason Microsoft came up with the parental control/parent account. But there aren't many I know so far raising concerns about this.
Or if you don't want to give out a phone number. |
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well you have to put the recovery email in before you get locked. if you
are locked before then, you have to provide a phone number
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The main reason this is even an issue is minecraft is a kids game, and
collecting phone numbers from kids violates privacy laws.
Yes exactly, this is surely one of the, or *the* reason Microsoft came up
with the parental control/parent account.
That being said, if I go by psychological studies about children and their
awareness (or the absence thereof) regarding the monetary background of
games, it's clear that (not only) Microsoft raises generations into their
eco system, to get them accustomed to that sort of "no concern for
privacy", and eventually also exploit them for targetted advertising, as
soon as they are no minors anymore and can move to their own account.
But there aren't many I know so far raising concerns about this.
It seems that all account are intended to have a phone number now, except
for kids accounts, which need to be linked to a parent account's email. And
a recovery email is allowed as a substitute, for if you don't actually have
a phone number.
Or if you *don't want to* give out a phone number.
That being said, if you only get the option shown to insert an alternative
email for account recovery, as soon as you go to "Advanced Security", as
MCNerd said, not many who actually are concerned about their privacy might
even know about this, and thus will have to hesitantly insert their phone
number, unless they can and want to spend the time to try to talk it out
with MS Support, to avoid doing so.
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Yeah I wasn't expecting that to come up either. I only chose the option to get a new email address since I didn't want to create a burner and was intending to dispose of the account. Actually all the security options are locked until you add a recovery email or phone number.
I will test that out and get back to you. I've already created and signed into a ProtonMail account with my IP address before and I'd rather not link that one to the account so I'll try creating a new one. Not sure if the ProtonMail people will be against that or not though.
I personally think they do know that people are getting locked out, they just don't care since it's a small minority of players getting locked out. Also they are making lots of money from all the telemetry and data they collect from the players that do comply, which gives them even less reason to acknowledge the issues. Also would not be surprised if that hypothesis with Windows 11 is also true, since that OS seems to be designed from the ground up to collect your data, connect you to the cloud, push UWP down everyone's throats and allow for far more intrusive DRM. The fact that you need Enterprise to set it up without Internet and harden it, and the fact that Microsoft killed off the only method for end-users to legitimately purchase anything higher than Home and Professional, basically proves this.
It's good that people are doing that to the Mojang people and to the big MC YouTubers. Far more people have to be doing that though, since if it's a small group of people the Mojang people and big MC YouTubers can simply ignore the comments and sweep it under the rug. And the big MC Youtubers should be called out as well, since they will probably act if their reputation and popularity is on the line.
You're welcome. |
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OK, just added a recovery email (created another ProtonMail account) to the account and I also saved a recovery code too. Now I guess I have to wait until a week has passed since creating the account. And by making a new ProtonMail email address, I thought the ProtonMail people limited you to having only one email address or account at a time unless you pay, and that they can terminate your accounts if you make more than one free account. |
This is a theory, but that's not what Microsoft said at any point. They said that I had violated their TOS, and that for safety reasons they couldn't reveal to me exactly how, and that to forgive me they required a phone number (not necessarily my own, they explicitly specified!) which might be stored for several years for unspecified safety purposes but "would not be linked to my account". I think they are on very thin ice wrt. privacy laws already. |
I generated a recovery code directly after migrating my Mojang account to Microsoft. The account was locked a few days later, but unfortunately I couldn't find any option to use the code instead of a phone number. I guess it's possible I just missed the option, but I think it's unlikely. I think recovery codes are more for if you lost your password or something, and when your account is locked, the problem is not that you can't log in, it's just that they won't let you do anything. |
Hello, thank you very much for your feedback! I can't request this from you, but in case you would do this online via chat, would you be so kind to make screenshots of the whole conversation? Of course, censoring out any information that would point at you as a real life person or similar. If you contact MS Support via phone (that's also possible apparently), it'd be also great to have that audio, just in case. Please keep us/me informed, you can also do so privately. Thank you very much in advance for your help! PS: Edit: Please, if you give us or me an update, also provide the link(s) and/or phone number / how you contacted Support, as this might also be of interested to some, and it'd facilitate also my own research. |
To quickly add to that: This website says: It seems.. let's say - "strange" - that Microsoft mentions on their "Account locked" help page solely unlocking via phone. This can't be right. If this wouldn't work, I'll look more into it and contact Microsoft personally via phone to see what they'll reply regarding that. |
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A buddy just told me that "the way it's worded is they locked your account because suspicious activity, not because you are not the owner of the account" - so in case Support might try to convince you this is the reason why you'd have to insert a phone number: Ask them what exact "suspicious activity" you conducted. If they'll argue they mustn't tell you due to privacy/data protection, definitely have them escalate this to high-level Support. Provide them with any intel you got about your MS account, e.g. which date created, what for, what you did do with it, anything in your personal user profile, be it gamertag, date of birth (in case you inserted one), name, everything. Maybe one should add as "how to unlock your MS account" FAQ a "record or at least screenshot your account, or the creation of it". I'm sorry this happened to you, but if nothing of what I suggested to you will help, MS can't have actual legal ground on this. At the very least this must go against EU GDPR. Whatever happens, I can assure you, as long as I'm around, I'll at least try my best to solve those issues, virtually, as well as IRL. |
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It might still be that "new accounts must all have phone number" but they also want to take G****e refugees so they pulled off a bait and switch. I mean phone number linked with account is so normalized to the point that almost no one will fight for it unless you believe in privacy and a huge EFF fan or something... That being said, if everything fails, try contacting EFF and attach discussions here and relavent reddit posts/youtube comments and see if they are interested in informing people about this issue? Not minecraft specifically but the act of locking down new accounts for no reason in terms of "preventing frauds" and collecting phone numbers or sometimes even IDs in general. |
I've got testimony by a user Support told them that indeed all MS accs require a phone number. So let's hypothesize for a brief moment that this is what MS really pushes - which would btw also harden my suspicion about the WIN11 + "Multiverse" background - this can't be in any way at the very least according to GDPR. I know some of the issues EU data rights protectors are facing due to BigTech stalling ePrivacy (which is even more outdated and lower protection than GDPR) and lobbying, so we can't do much with just our suspicions that this is "intentional design". All we've currently got are circumstantial/presumptive evidence. Sure, given MS' past conduct since decades, this is not some of us wearing tinfoil hats nor conspiracy theorizing. While we can't know for sure, it might be that MS would eventually stumble upon this public thread, hence maybe, if you would be so kind, relay any intel that could prove anything towards me privately.
Also EU data rights protectors got issues with how the current state of law/regulations is, unfortunately.
I'm also active IRL, but things take time. |
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I'm not sure if this will help, but here's a transcript of my chat with a Microsoft support person.
This is what I put in the account reinstatement request form:
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Hello David, this helps a TON already, thank you so very much for your help! It helps, as at least in your Support encounter, we can see that they offer a secondary option other than phone number, if one just insists of not giving one out (or friendly declaring one hasn't got one). That the form you were offered got a request for phone yet again, but there can be inserted even a fake number (which the general user might not know and then hence would feel inclined doing so, to unlock their account) - I'll leave that one uncommented. David, if I were to censor both your and the Support employee's name, would you be okay with me using your Support chat somewhen in the future publicly in a video about this general issue, plus maybe also in my private conversations with privacy / data rights protectors? If possible, would you be so kind to keep us or me updated on your case? Question: Did you also generate a Recovery Code before you were locked out? If you prefer a more private conversation, you can contact me on Twitter (DMs are open, you don't have to follow me), Instagram, Reddit, all with username PlanetMinecraft: Thank you so very much again for your help! |
Sure. Thanks for fighting the good fight.
No to both. |
Thank you so much! Also for your help and openness. Let's wait and see how higher-level-Support will deal with your "no-phone-policy".
That's a bummer, as it might make the unlocking of MSA easier.. emphasis on might, as Support can simply claim you violated some of the CoC (Code of Conduct), and it's thus not about proving your ownership of your MSA, but that you didn't violate the CoC. I hope the higher-level Support will be able to tell you what exactly you shall have violated. However, let's look at it from the legal side: "Unguilty until proven guilty". It's not about you having to prove that you didn't violate the CoC, but it's MS. And if that higher-level-Support can't tell you as well, escalating this to the next Support-level would hopefully succeed in retrieving that intel. In case they will unlock your account "due to their good will" (just very hypothetically, as they wouldn't like too many detailed questions and thus rather unlock your account), and if it woud not be too much trouble, it'd be interesting to see what higher-level Support might answer if you were to insist on knowing what exactly you did to violate the CoC - so as to not violate it accidentally in the future again, of course. As soon as you've unlocked your account hopefully, immediately go to "Advanced Security", generate a Recovery Code and insert a secondary email; if you're concerned about your privacy, no email that refers to your persona, but e.g. anonymous Protonmail. Thank you so much again. |
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I'm not sure if this is helpful or not, but the Microsoft Account I created over a week ago is surprisingly not locked. I can still log in to it without any issues. However I never did anything on the account except for check on it a couple of times. Is there anything else I can test, like attempting to use it with Minecraft and see if it gets locked? Also sorry for being late, the internet I used to make the account was unusable for a few days. |
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I migrated from Mojang account to a newly registered Microsoft account 3 days ago. |
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Microsoft 365 family subscription, an invited member (MS account created freshly for this purpose) locked out in two days, the only activity being uploading couple years' worth of pictures from iPad to OneDrive. MultiMC definitely has nothing to do with this. Microsoft sucks, big time. |
Indeed. 100%.
Whether it's yet once again one of their "imperfect" coding and usage of infant AI/"machine/deep learning" technologies, or "intentional design" that looks seemingly random, remains the question. The outcome and the way out of it are a data catastrophy in any case. |
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It happened to my alt account (that I migrated to a new M$ account).
I had a recovery email on the account. F@!k you M$ and your bull$!?t
policy. In fact, I didn't do anything "sus" with the account, didnt even
use Minecraft (except to associate the account with MultiMC) and didn't
send emails (but did connect it to Thunderbird over IMAP, which is how I
found out).
Should probably get a burner phone at some point in case another megacorp
tries this.
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MultiMC definitely has nothing to do with this.
Indeed. 100%.
Thank you for sharing your story, and confirmation.
Microsoft sucks, big time.
Whether it's yet one again one of their "imperfect" coding and usage of
infant AI/"machine/deep learning" techologies, or "intentional design" that
looks seemingly random, remains the question.
The outcome and the way out of it are a data catastrophy in any case.
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I just tried this, and the reply from microsoft was just "use a phone, even if it's one of a friend". I was lucky with a online sms receiver website with an estonian number which was not blocked from M$, so I could unlock my account. |
It’s clear that there’s no actual violation they can reference, players have reported finding nothing unusual in account’s security logs after unlocking it with phone number. Looks like either Microsoft is blackmailing its users to obtain phone numbers (phone number of a friend is almost as useful as your own, when shadow graph is concerned), or haphazardly covering up a massive breach after which they have grounds to assume your username/password combination ended up in the wrong hands even if you stored it securely. Either way might be grounds for a lawsuit. |
100% I'm sorry I couldn't shed more light onto that yet, real life keeps me very busy as well. Before I can go really public with this, I'll have to gather some more intel. But it's not forgotten, promised. |
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If you want to speculate wildly on some nefarious reason Microsoft might have for requiring phone numbers, please do that elsewhere. Unless proven otherwise it's most likely just a poorly implemented and misguided anti-botting measure. As far as I'm concerned, everything about this issue relevant to MultiMC has been discussed already, and this thread has just become a long chain of people reporting "yes I have the same issue." As such, I'm going to lock this for now, at least until the situation actually changes. |
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OS
Windows 10 Home x64
MultiMC Version
0.6.13-2517
Description of bug
On 9/5/2021, I migrated my Mojang account into a Microsoft one. Then yesterday, I opened MultiMC and added my Microsoft account and everything worked. Now today, I opened MultiMC and for some reason i needed to log in again. When i did, it gave me a error saying my account was locked (the error is the picture below). I went to the MultiMC discord and other people were also having the issue. Is it possible that MultiMC could be causing this? I have checked my recent activity in my Microsoft account and everything in there is what i just said.
This issue is unique
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