{"id":44472,"date":"2023-12-26T01:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T19:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankaza.com\/blog\/the-cons-of-using-a-microsoft-account\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T01:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T19:43:26","slug":"the-cons-of-using-a-microsoft-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankaza.com\/blog\/the-cons-of-using-a-microsoft-account\/","title":{"rendered":"The cons of using a Microsoft account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are also downsides to using a Microsoft account, not only benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You give personal information to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft-link.com\/\"><strong>www.microsoft.com\/link<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. The company will have your e-mail address (and potential access to your e-mails, if you\u2019re using a Microsoft e-mail address), your purchase history, your settings, and so on. If you\u2019re using Bing or Cortana, Microsoft will also know quite a lot about your browsing history and speech\/search activity. If you\u2019re using OneDrive, your files will be stored on Microsoft\u2019s servers. If you want to see all the data Microsoft has about you, go to this Privacy Dashboard\u00a0and sign in with your Microsoft account.<\/li>\n<li>Your Microsoft account is hackable, especially if you don\u2019t set a strong and unique password for it and you don\u2019t activate two-step authentication.<\/li>\n<li>If you forget your password or your account is hacked, you are locked out of all Microsoft devices, services, and websites. However, you can reset your password using the instructions from this guide:\u00a0How do I reset my Microsoft account password?<\/li>\n<li>You need an internet connection to log in with a Microsoft account to all Microsoft services. However, this is not the case when you log in to Windows or Xbox, except for the first sign-in when an internet connection is mandatory. After the first login, you can use a Microsoft account even when offline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have created a Microsoft account only for accessing Windows, and you\u2019re not happy with the downsides we mentioned earlier, you can use a local offline account following the steps shared in these guides:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are also downsides to using a Microsoft account, not only benefits: You give personal information to\u00a0www.microsoft.com\/link\u00a0. The company will have your e-mail address (and potential access to your e-mails, if you\u2019re using a Microsoft e-mail address), your purchase history, your settings, and so on. 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