ET, Have you changed your primary password for iCloud? If these actions are not being initiated by you then it pretty much means somebody else has your iCloud password.
Jonathan Cohn > On Nov 18, 2017, at 1:07 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Tim, > Not sure really. Too often and usually when I do not want the distractions. > I have enabled 2FA as well. That generally only kicks in when I sign out of > something then sign back in. But I am not adding new devices so receiving > those alerts makes on sense. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "God for you is where you sweep away all the > mysteries of the world, all the challenges to > our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 11/18/2017 8:21 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi ET, >> How often are you getting this notification? Between family devices and a >> few work devices that I'm signed into, I have close to 20 devices using my >> Apple ID for some purpose or other. I almost never receive notifications >> unless I sign into a new device that was not ever used before. Maybe it has >> something to do with me having Two Factor authentication enabled, so the >> devices are noted as "Allowed", but I don't recall getting a multitude of >> notifications even prior to enabling Two Factor authentication. >> Later... >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> On Nov 17, 2017, at 15:27, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> The location stuff all has to do with the ISP and how it routes your >> traffic. Our work ISP routes its traffic through a connection in Calgary, >> which is over 700 km drive south of us. So, the IP that we are given for >> outbound traffic is registered in Calgary, not Fort McMurray and that's what >> Apple is going on when this message is sent to you. To the original >> question, I'll look into it some, but don't have time right now to see if it >> is configurable. i doubt it, but will check. >> Later... >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> On Nov 17, 2017, at 14:14, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> Simon, >> I've seen that too and read or heard something to the effect that this >> "location" is the server being used for the task you are running. Makes >> sense somewhat but not practical sense. >> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> On 11/17/2017 1:01 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>> I ET, >>> Yes it's kind of crazy that everytime you do something this alert comes up. >>> What's funny for us in NZ though is that the alert states that my device >>> was used in a location approx. 400KM northwest in the middle of our >>> mountain range, >>> Near Mt Cook which is our highest peak, in a place called wellington which >>> is our capital and is north of me by approx. 1000 Km so neither are close >>> each other. >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. >>> Sent: Saturday, 18 November 2017 9:52 AM >>> To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Subject: Your Apple ID is being used... >>> I realize of course this is not a bad thing to be made aware when a >>> device is being used to sign in. But its too frequent. 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