MS Outlook & Windows Live mail keeps asking me to enter a security code and other personal info that I don't feel I need to give to MS. I initially used a code number sent to an alternate e-mail address I had to open in order to receive the code, to verify my current e-mail account. I told MS I didn't want to keep doing this anymore, and asked them to either stop blocking my account or delete it. They still persist with requesting my personal info, phone numbers, creating alternate e-mail accounts and passwords, etc.
I'm confused as to why they need to continually make you re-verify our personal info or give additional info ?
MS uses this catchall phrase to pump personal info on personal e-mail accounts: "Call us overprotective, but we want to make sure your account is secure?" Or we suspect someone "may be" trying to access your account? Yea me! WTH is this really all about? If I am thinking Patriot Act info, is this out of line?
I have had the same e-mail account for several years and never had any known issues or problems with hackers or otherwise? Personally, I think its just a ploy to collect personal info for some use other than to make my account secure. Like a government agency wanting MS to verify all e-mail account info?
Its not like I have a business account with big bucks here for a hacker to make some quick money? The giving of personal info should be up to the individual account holder, not a requirement by MS.
Any solutions here? Should I save my e-mail account info to a flash drive and find another e-mail service provider that is less intrusive? If so, any other e-mail provider recommendations?
Or any other solutions to circumvent the annoyingly redundant MS account re-verifications 2-4 times a month?
Thanks, Vista-Win
MS uses this catchall phrase to pump personal info on personal e-mail accounts: "Call us overprotective, but we want to make sure your account is secure?" Or we suspect someone "may be" trying to access your account? Yea me! WTH is this really all about? If I am thinking Patriot Act info, is this out of line?
I have had the same e-mail account for several years and never had any known issues or problems with hackers or otherwise? Personally, I think its just a ploy to collect personal info for some use other than to make my account secure. Like a government agency wanting MS to verify all e-mail account info?
Its not like I have a business account with big bucks here for a hacker to make some quick money? The giving of personal info should be up to the individual account holder, not a requirement by MS.
Any solutions here? Should I save my e-mail account info to a flash drive and find another e-mail service provider that is less intrusive? If so, any other e-mail provider recommendations?
Or any other solutions to circumvent the annoyingly redundant MS account re-verifications 2-4 times a month?
Thanks, Vista-Win
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire 5920
- CPU
- Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5550 @ 1.83GHz 52 °C Merom 65nm Tec
- Motherboard
- Acer, Inc. Chapala (U2E1)
- Memory
- Type DDR2 Size 4096 MBytes Channels # Dual DRAM Frequency 333.3 MHz CAS# Latency (CL) 5 clocks RAS#
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic PnP Monitor on Sherry 1.3.1 Driver for 945 and 965
- Screen Resolution
- Pretty good!
- Hard Drives
- Was Western Digital 250GB HDD with 3 bad sectors. 6 minutes to start page & Internet. Now Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSHD. Huge difference in start up times. 30-50 seconds. Snot to bad for a SSHD.
- Case
- Mental case.
- Cooling
- Ice cubes.
- Mouse
- Mickey
- Keyboard
- Yes
- Internet Speed
- 54 Mbps