Hi Mark,
Well done. You’re already more skilled than the security folks at the
Democratic Party.;). You’ve protected yourself against fishing attacks and all
sorts of brute force and other vulnerabilities. Fishing is exactly how John
Podesta’s email was penetrated and then broadcast all over Wikileaks which is
why I made that comment.
Thank you for setting a good example and encouraging enabling this
feature.> On Apr 1, 2017, at 3:10 AM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello All, > > Well, I cannot say that it was easy, given that I have multiple Apple > accounts on a wide variety of devices including Windows 10, Windows 7, > Windows 8, Mac, iOS, etc and also that I access my various email accounts > from legacy Windows based clients but, after updating all components, > including the latest versions of the iCloud Control Panel for Windows, and, > after resurrecting a couple of old iPhones and Macs from the grave to serve > as on the fly trusted devices, all of my products are now protected via > Two-Factor authentication. > > I dare say that most will not find the upgrade to two-factor as arduous as I > so, I do recommend upgrading if you have both the time and patience to learn > the entire process. > > To those of you who only have one device? I say go for it as you will be > prompted for a telephone number that can always provide the on the fly code > you will need to login to new Apple devices or any web browsers. The best > thing is that once you select to trust the device or web browser, you will > not be prompted for the security code again, unless you choose to be > prompted. > > I have spent the past two days really putting two-factor authentication on > all of my devices and products to the test and I must say that it performs > as beautifully as Apple claims, including when it is necessary to generate > an application-specific password for non-apple legacy clients such as older > versions of Outlook or Thunderbird. > > Keep in mind that this is something that you do not want to rush through. > Take your time and read all of the information that is displayed during the > upgrade process as it will help you a great deal. > > One more thing, I strongly suggest that before you decide to upgrade to > two-factor, that you login to http://appleid.apple.com and familiarize > yourself with the site because after upgrading to two-factor for longer than > 30 days, the only way you will be able to turn it off is by logging into > that site with a verification code from either a trusted device/phone > number. > > Good Luck to you all and I'll see you on the other side of the security wall > (smile). > > Mark > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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