too many security issues accumulating lately
And their "patches" just open up new holes to exploit...
too many security issues accumulating lately
That breach had nothing to due with security holes in Google's system. Apple hasn't been forthright at all on iTunes account hacking over the years either.
Well, I would love to activate the two-step verification. But it seems like some countries are once again of lower priority
Security by obscurity has never worked.
lol... Apple "up-the-security", but not in all areas....
just allowing DOB and users email address is shocking security just to reset their password.
I'd also by asking the security questions/answers here too, as well the last 4 digits of card number they have on file (optional)
I'm surprise this didn't actually happen sooner. But better sooner a fix, than later.
Most of you have NO idea what Internet security involves, especially for a very large, well known tech company, so quit running your mouth. For a culture that hates ignorance so much, you Americans sure are full of it!
Those of you who DO have an idea need to speak up.
Most of the security problems are caused by operator error and foolishness. Just look at the stats for the most popular ATM PINs and iOS pass codes.
You only wait if you have a password less than 8 characters. Found the below on iMore.
Note: In order to enable two-step verification, you must have a current password that meets Apple's minimum standards of 8 characters complete with at least 1 number and 1 capital letter. If you have to change your current password in order to meet this standard, you'll have a short waiting period before you can enable two-step verification
Here's the reason: Imagine you could turn on Two Factor Authentication immediately. And I happen to have found your password. So I go to the website, enter your AppleID and password, turn on Two Factor Authentication, and you have no chance ever getting back into your account.
Instead what happens is this: I enter your AppleID and password and try to turn on Two Factor Authentication. Apple sends an email to all email addresses of yours that they know. You read the emails, you figure out something is wrong, and call Apple support. Your account is safe.
For the love of God, will people please start using password managers? Any decent one will remember all your passwords and store the fake information you put in for your mom's maiden name, pet name or any other question you are presented with.
And yet they fail at it every day. My email account on google was constantly getting hacked until I put two-factor authentication on it (thank God they offered that).
I think it's best for our security to, at once, remove our selves from the dangerous Apple ecosystem.
That's not true. My password far exceeds those so-called minimum requirements.
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Don't you also need the physical device to sync to? How would some jerkface turn on Two Factor Authentication without that? The three-day waiting period seems unnecessary.
Holy crap. This is eye-opening. I just had a talk with my wife and we both agree that it's too dangerous on the Internet. After I post this we are throwing away our phones, computers, iPads and anything else we can find that might connect to the Internet. I also received a letter from Honda yesterday that there is a recall on my pilot for the airbag. That is just too much. We are having the pilot sent to the crusher tomorrow. My wife and I will stop at nothing to rid our lives and the lives of our children of all risks.
Method was already known by anyone that would want to use it. News of this sort doesn't exactly spread through tech blogs, they'll only appear there from eventually being picked up.Yet if they hasn't announced it to the word but simply to Apple it might have been fixed before anyone tried to sort out the full method
I wish retina scans and finger print devices would have been normal by now. Though, what if your eyes are badly bloodshot?
One security issue after another...
I am looking for the "Who needs security anyway" posts. Please do not disappoint.
What's Facebook?
The only people who worry about this stuff are people who are trying to hide their wrongdoing.