Hi Alex, Perhaps they’re starting the process of letting people sign up for 2-factor authentication, which is different from the current 2-step authentication they have in place now. 2-factor authentication does away with recovery keys, and changes the codes you need to enter when signing into a new device from 4 to 6 digits.
> On Oct 24, 2015, at 7:18 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > A couple days ago, my iPhone (running 9.1) asked for my Apple ID password. I > thought nothing of it, until it then wanted my two factor authentication > recovery key. My understanding is that this key is for recovery only, if I > forget my password or am otherwise locked out of my account. My password was > right, though. I got nervous about this, because it shouldn't prompt for that > key, at least I don't think it should. Has anyone seen this, and/or does > anyone know what might be going on? The prompt comes up once a day, but I > haven't completed it yet. Things seem to be working just fine without doing > so. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone list 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone 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 VIPhone list 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
