Re: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
on a side note, something to consider. There is a well established scam where you get an email branded from apple, claiming that your apple id has been compromised. I get them regularly, and I do not even have an apple device. The scam is one of many those who successfully hacked large players

Re: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! If its valid up to ten minutes then i have to try to get it going on apple music on android again. I don’t know why but i got a verification code and entered it directly after my password but it did not work. I wonder if its because i have to digits at the end of it. BUt this shouldn’t be

RE: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-01 Thread M. Taylor
One more thing, I forgot to include in my previous post, although I have not done so, it is possible to have the code sent to your trusted phone number, via voice. So, in this case, you could simply have the number read out loud to you on your phone. I suspect this option is available in the

RE: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Scott and thank you for your kind words. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 12:09 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple Two-Factor

RE: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Andrew, You ask a very interesting question. Even though the field to which you are prompted to enter the 6-digit code has disappeared after switching to the messaging app, try re-initiating the process, in the original app, as the code should still be valid for at least a few minutes.

Re: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-01 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Mark, Thank you for posting this. I have two factor verification turned on, and i usually use a trusted device (my ipad) to receive a 6 digit code. But say, no trusted device is available. If the code arrives via text message on the iphone from which I'm trying to log in, how can I

Re: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-01 Thread Scott Granados
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

Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devices and Accounts

2017-04-01 Thread M. Taylor
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,