<story><title>Microsoft Live Account Credentials Leaking from Windows 8 and Above</title><url>https://hackaday.com/2016/08/02/microsoft-live-account-credentials-leaking-from-windows-8-and-above/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pjc50</author><text>And people wonder why some of us haven&amp;#x27;t upgraded from Windows 7.&lt;p&gt;Win10 tries &lt;i&gt;really hard&lt;/i&gt; to make you log into your desktop with your Live Account credentials - you can&amp;#x27;t use the store without this. Whereas if it were just leaking a local login it would be much less critical.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>daemin</author><text>You can actually have Windows logged in with a local account (normal old school account) and use the store with a different Live account.&lt;p&gt;But yes, I am quite annoyed by them requiring that I use online credentials to log in to a physical computer. I prefer to separate the two authentication mechanisms.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft Live Account Credentials Leaking from Windows 8 and Above</title><url>https://hackaday.com/2016/08/02/microsoft-live-account-credentials-leaking-from-windows-8-and-above/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pjc50</author><text>And people wonder why some of us haven&amp;#x27;t upgraded from Windows 7.&lt;p&gt;Win10 tries &lt;i&gt;really hard&lt;/i&gt; to make you log into your desktop with your Live Account credentials - you can&amp;#x27;t use the store without this. Whereas if it were just leaking a local login it would be much less critical.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fraqed</author><text>There is an option when you install an app to only use your Live Account for that app. This way you can still have a local account and use store apps.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lifehacker.com&amp;#x2F;install-windows-10-store-apps-without-switching-to-a-mi-1723075610&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lifehacker.com&amp;#x2F;install-windows-10-store-apps-without-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>