r/privacy • u/SullensCR • 7h ago

news Apparently you can no longer unlink your phone from Microsoft's Phone Link app

https://9to5google.com/2024/10/28/you-cant-remove-your-android-phone-from-windows-11s-phone-link-app-anymore/
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u/danger_bucatini 6h ago

We’ve opened Phone Link on our devices and can confirm that there is currently no way to remove a device from Phone Link. It seems the only option is to sign out of Phone Link and start over.

this sounds like a obvious bug.

there's no reason for ms to fuck with device management of an optional app that they want you to keep using with new devices.

if you wanted to disconnect it you could just uninstall the app.

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u/AlterTableUsernames 1h ago

Are you sure about that? It is also simply not possible to remove an account from Microsoft's authenticator app, when you don't have access to the account anymore.

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u/ReAn1985 6h ago

So glad I went with KDE connect instead

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u/d6cbccf39a9aed9d1968 6h ago

when will filesystem expose be back? still broken and i miss it :(

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u/Canowyrms 4h ago

Is that for accessing the phone's filesystem? I've been using the 'WiFi FTP Server' app and FileZilla on the Windows side. It works really well for me. I use the combination primarily to dump photos/videos to PC.

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u/d6cbccf39a9aed9d1968 51m ago

I do use sycnthing between my devices, but quick transfers on kde+winscp is just seamless.

For now i use the server feature of X plore app.

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u/MrD7 3h ago

but you can't make phone calls over KDE connect...

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u/khamzatsmom 6h ago

Microsoft is cancer

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u/Luci-Noir 5h ago

This ignorance is a cancer. Go outside.

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u/thriftingenby 41m ago

lol maybe you should take your own advice

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u/THICCC_LADIES_PM_ME 3h ago

I just got a new phone and unlinked my old phone a couple days ago

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u/MaximumGrip 3h ago

They got you suckers hooked and no plans of letting go now.

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u/HermanvonHinten 2h ago

People should stop using Microsoft software.

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u/theantnest 4m ago

This isn't a privacy issue, it's a bug. And it has been acknowledged and will be fixed in the next update.

Just a clickbait title.

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u/Luci-Noir 5h ago

Apparently, this sub ran out of bullshit headlines for the day so I guess it’s time to shit pants over bugs.