misskitten
Hello Sweetie!
Don't get me wrong, I understand and appreciate the need for account security, but I personally think Microsoft is taking it a bit too far. So, I need to add a secondary e-mail to my e-mail account? Fine. It's pretty quick and painless and now I have another way to reset my password.
But today my x-box refused to let me play my games until I upped the security on my account. Now, first of all, I don't have a Gold membership, meaning I don't play games live. I actually use no online features on my 360. The only thing my x-box does online is update the software version from time to time... that's it. There really is no need for me to set up any additional verification on myself because I only use my console to play my games by myself. But when I refused I was warned that I would not be able to save my progress if I started playing my game without upping my account security.
So, I decided to just get it over with and added a second e-mail adress. But apparently my account was already attached to BOTH my e-mails. I actually had to provide my phone number so that I could get a stupid text with a verification code. Once that was done, I was allowed to go in and play my games. But when I logged into my e-mail just now, I had received an e-mail asking me to further verify my phone number. I clicked the verification link, then I had to log in all over again - and then I was actually asked to send a confirmation code to my second e-mail adress - all so that I could verify that the phone number I had added and verified - actually was mine... I mean, how much further are they gonna take this???
But today my x-box refused to let me play my games until I upped the security on my account. Now, first of all, I don't have a Gold membership, meaning I don't play games live. I actually use no online features on my 360. The only thing my x-box does online is update the software version from time to time... that's it. There really is no need for me to set up any additional verification on myself because I only use my console to play my games by myself. But when I refused I was warned that I would not be able to save my progress if I started playing my game without upping my account security.
So, I decided to just get it over with and added a second e-mail adress. But apparently my account was already attached to BOTH my e-mails. I actually had to provide my phone number so that I could get a stupid text with a verification code. Once that was done, I was allowed to go in and play my games. But when I logged into my e-mail just now, I had received an e-mail asking me to further verify my phone number. I clicked the verification link, then I had to log in all over again - and then I was actually asked to send a confirmation code to my second e-mail adress - all so that I could verify that the phone number I had added and verified - actually was mine... I mean, how much further are they gonna take this???