{"id":12397,"date":"2013-03-21T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T21:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=12397"},"modified":"2021-05-06T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:25:43","slug":"apple-now-allows-two-factor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-now-allows-two-factor-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Now Allows Two-Factor Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the cool kids are doing it&#8230; and by &#8220;it,&#8221; I mean Two-Factor Authentication. Apple has just joined the club of Increased Password Security Awesomeness by allowing users to add an additional verification step before being able to do the following list of actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iTunes,\u00a0iBookstore, or App Store purchases<\/li>\n<li>Manage your Apple ID account<\/li>\n<li>Get Apple ID support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple has more information about the hows and whys\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Be aware they&#8217;re under a heavy traffic load right now, and there is a waiting period for the first step of the process of activation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12415\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12415\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12415\" title=\"apple-two-step-verification\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/apple-two-step-verification.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/apple-two-step-verification.png 499w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/apple-two-step-verification-150x48.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/apple-two-step-verification-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two-step verification steps via Apple&#8217;s support page.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In case you need a reminder about why increased password security is a good thing, particularly where popular services like Apple ID are concerned, recall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/4-security-lessons-learned-from-mat-honans-icloud-account-hack\/\">Mat Honan&#8217;s Epic Hack<\/a> this past summer. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/what-is-multi-factor-authentication-and-how-will-it-change-in-the-future\/\">Two-Factor Authentication is not bulletproof<\/a>, it will certainly up the level of difficulty for future breaches.<\/p>\n<p><em>Full walkthrough: how to enable Apple&#8217;s Two-Step Verification for iCloud:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p9ZGrwjHEb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-activate-apple-two-step-verification-for-icloud\/\">How to Activate Apple&#8217;s Two-Step Verification for iCloud<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How to Activate Apple&#8217;s Two-Step Verification for iCloud&#8221; &#8212; The Mac Security Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-activate-apple-two-step-verification-for-icloud\/embed\/#?secret=p9ZGrwjHEb\" data-secret=\"p9ZGrwjHEb\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">image credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/HT5570\">Apple&#8217;s support page<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the cool kids are doing it&#8230; and by &#8220;it,&#8221; I mean Two-Factor Authentication. 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