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> Well, if you will put complete remote control of all your devices behind a single, weak password..... From the post: > My password was a 7 digit alphanumeri
by david_shaw 14y ago
> Well, if you will put complete remote control of all your devices behind a single, weak password.....
From the post:
> My password was a 7 digit alphanumeric that I didn’t use elsewhere.*
It sucks, but when you've got control of someone's iCloud account (email, and remote wipe of presumably their primary devices), you've put them in a tight spot. One of the many reasons that I use iCloud for my phone and iPad, but certainly not my primary machines (or email).
Rough night.
- Zr40 14y agoOn your primary machines, you should have at least some form of local backup. I'm using Time Machine with a network drive. If my primary machine fails or gets wiped (whether I did it myself or someone obtained my iCloud password), I can still recover everything from the backup.