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Apple Begins Reminding Two-Factor Authentication Users About App-Specific Passwords

Apple has begun emailing iCloud users who have enabled two-factor authentication on their Apple IDs, reminding them that application specific passwords will be required when trying to access iCloud data on third party apps starting tomorrow.
 
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 In addition to the email reminders, Apple last week published a new support document (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6186) educating users on how to use app-specific passwords. While the feature was originally intended to require the feature on October 1, it's unclear why two-factor authentication users are being reminded of it a week later.
 
 App-specific passwords are a new feature Apple introduced in mid-September (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/16/apple-app-specific-passwords/), following the launch of two-factor authentication (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/16/icloud-two-factor-authentication/) for accessing iCloud.com. The changes arrived after a hacking incident that saw the iCloud accounts of several celebrities compromised due to weak passwords.
 
 CEO Tim Cook has promised (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/04/cook-security-alerts-icloud/) to improve iCloud security by increasing awareness around Apple's security features like two-factor authentication as well as a sending out email notifications (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/08/icloud-alert-emails-web/) whenever a device is restored, an account is accessed or a password change is attempted.
 
 
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Source: Apple Begins Reminding Two-Factor Authentication Users About App-Specific Passwords (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/08/apple-reminds-app-specific/)