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« on: December 27, 2018, 04:05:16 pm »

Can you disable two-factor authentication on your Apple ID?

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<p>Two-factor authentication (2FA) provides an effective way to deter people from hijacking an online account. With 2FA, you supplement a password with something else—typically you enter a code that’s sent via a text message. The second factor means someone has to know both your password and have access to something you own—a phone number, a phone, or a computer—and dramatically reduces your exposure when password breaches inevitably happen.</p><p>Apple added 2FA for Apple IDs a few releases ago, an upgrade from its hastily constructed two-step verification, which it created after high-publicity cracks using social engineering (i.e., guessing and phishing) of its iCloud service.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3328839/security/can-you-disable-two-factor-authentication-on-your-apple-id.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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