Re: 2nd factor strong!
Yep, everyone wants your phone number now. It's for your good. Even MS is no longer desperate to give away outlook.com accounts (now that they forced Windows 10 on masses). BTW, while outlook.com insists on getting to know you-r phone number, the signup for visual studio account seemed to more lenient (as of last week), go get your spam accounts;)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
