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To this day, I still get random "Enter your password to continue using iCloud" push notifications on my iPhone with no relevant action to trigger such a notific

To this day, I still get random "Enter your password to continue using iCloud" push notifications on my iPhone with no relevant action to trigger such a notification. My Apple ID uses a unique password, I keep a recovery key, I don't have its login credentials saved anywhere, and it's a dev account; so I have my LLC's DUNS number attached to it. My devices are the only ones listed in my settings portal. I have no idea why I get these notifications, lol.

coldtea 2y ago
>I have no idea why I get these notifications, lol Perhaps so that someone who found your iphone unlocked can't just keep using it and your iCloud in perpetuity?
- jamescontrol 2y ago
  I think he means, what causes apple to trigger those notifications. I don’t remember ever seeing that prompt, at least not without myself doing some action to trigger it.
  - coldtea 2y ago
    >I think he means, what causes apple to trigger those notifications Yeah, that's what I tried to guess too. Like, maybe those are sent periodically? Could be there's some heuristics like "logged in from a different city" or such, too.
ratg13 2y ago
Perhaps you are connecting from a VPN or endpoint that known bad actors have also used in previous attacks (university network, guest network). Or a device on your network is or was compromised and used as a channel to attack others on the internet. Or your ISP has given you a public address where the last owner was abusing it.. or perhaps the whole ISP block has been added to a shitlist.
garyrob 2y ago
I got that prompt on all my apple devices a couple days ago. I just clicked Cancel on every one. The prompts stopped coming and everything seems to still work. I don't know whether there will be some ongoing problem with my AppleID that I'm not aware of yet, but so far so good.
jncfhnb 2y ago
Probably some regularly scheduled attempt to sync

coldtea 2y ago

>I have no idea why I get these notifications, lol Perhaps so that someone who found your iphone unlocked can't just keep using it and your iCloud in perpetuity?

jamescontrol 2y ago
I think he means, what causes apple to trigger those notifications. I don’t remember ever seeing that prompt, at least not without myself doing some action to trigger it.
- coldtea 2y ago
  >I think he means, what causes apple to trigger those notifications Yeah, that's what I tried to guess too. Like, maybe those are sent periodically? Could be there's some heuristics like "logged in from a different city" or such, too.

ratg13 2y ago

Perhaps you are connecting from a VPN or endpoint that known bad actors have also used in previous attacks (university network, guest network). Or a device on your network is or was compromised and used as a channel to attack others on the internet. Or your ISP has given you a public address where the last owner was abusing it.. or perhaps the whole ISP block has been added to a shitlist.

garyrob 2y ago

I got that prompt on all my apple devices a couple days ago. I just clicked Cancel on every one. The prompts stopped coming and everything seems to still work. I don't know whether there will be some ongoing problem with my AppleID that I'm not aware of yet, but so far so good.

jncfhnb 2y ago

Probably some regularly scheduled attempt to sync