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Apple two-step protection won’t protect your data
- giancarlostoro 12y agoHow disappointing, we're at a time where security is a major impact on our lives. Why would they not at least try a little harder to make us feel secure at least a little? Ah well, there's always flip phones.
- mukundmr 12y agoWhat is the point of a May 2013 article? Do we believe nothing has changed in between?
- JoshTheGeek 12y agoNothing has changed, this is how Apple's 2FA still works. It's relevant because this is how the celebrity hacking happened this weekend: their passwords were brute forced, and they didn't need to break the 2FA as well because it is only needed to make purchases.
- IBM 12y agoWhat exactly would be the benefit of two-factor if you aren't in physical possession of your device? If someone had your username and password two-factor wouldn't protect you anyway because the code would be sent to it.
- thamer 12y agoGoogle's two-factor auth has several backup mechanisms: you can print a list of single-use codes[1] or use a backup phone[2]. [1] https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1187538?hl=en&topic=2784804&ctx=topic https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1187538?hl=en&top... [2] https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1188780?hl=en&topic=2784804&ctx=topic https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1188780?hl=en&top...
- Corrado 12y agoThe way Apple's 2FA works is pretty poor and one of the worst I've ever used. Instead of working with an app (Authy, Google Authenticator) they send you a numeric code to your SMS device on file, similar to the way Twitter's 2FA works. Its very clunky and not particularly safe. I can't understand how Apple could fail this much when a proper solution is pretty well known and easy to implement.