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Title: News: Apple to require app-specific passwords for third-party apps in iCloud
Post by: HCK on September 17, 2014, 09:00:27 pm
News: Apple to require app-specific passwords for third-party apps in iCloud

Apple has released a new security document detailing the use of app-specific passwords for third-party apps in iCloud. A feature of two-step verification, the passwords will be required to sign in to iCloud when using third-party apps starting on Oct. 1. The passwords will allow for secure sign-ins, and ensure that third-party apps aren’t collecting or storing your primary Apple ID password. App-specific passwords can be generated and managed…

Source: News: Apple to require app-specific passwords for third-party apps in iCloud (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-to-require-app-specific-passwords-for-third-party-apps-in-icloud)