Users with an iCloud account will be required to have two-factor authentication when upgrading to iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. Apple claims that its most advanced account security is required to use some of the latest features in operating systems, so the user will no longer be able to choose, whether he wants two-step or two-factor authentication if he switches to the latest versions.
Apple this week began notifying users who use two-factor authentication that they will be migrated to two-factor authentication after the upgrade. Although both security systems are similar, two-factor authentication is even more secure.
Two-factor security, which has worked on Apple products since 2015, requires a six-digit code to be entered when logging into an iCloud account on a new device. This six-digit code is sent to another trusted device paired with yours Apple ID, while the device must be running at least iOS 9, iOS X EI Capitan, watchOS 2 or tvOS and later.
Whereas two-step verification only sends a four-digit code to any device that accepts SMS. What's great about two-factor authentication is that it allows you to see the location of a new device that's trying to access your iCloud account.
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"If you install the public beta of iOS 11 or macOS High Sierra this summer and meet the basic requirements, your Apple The ID is automatically updated to use two-factor authentication,” explains Apple in the email to the user. “This is our most advanced and easy-to-use account security and is required to use some of the new features in iOS, macOS and iCloud. After upgrading, you'll get the same level of security you enjoy with two-step verification, but you'll also get an even better user experience. Verification codes will automatically appear on your trusted devices every time you sign in.”
For now, it is not entirely clear whether two-factor authentication will be required for all users who upgrade to iOS 11 or macOS High Sierra, or if it will only be mandatory for users who already use two-factor authentication.
So no upgrade... I don't want to weed the last device with some alerts. Do you fools realize that I can have children under one apple id and I just don't want them to have any codes on their ipads
Exactly, I decided as follows: High Sierra yes /I'm already testing it/ but iOS 11 not.
That's only good ;)
A very right move. Anyone who doesn't use 2FA login on such important accounts as appleID, google, or internet banking today is crazy.
Well, that importance is relative. When I don't have a credit card linked to my Google account, nor hardware, nor an email that I would actually use, nor any important documents, it probably cannot be compared to internet banking, so I don't know why I should bother with unnecessary complications.
I agree, it is always necessary to consider whether the protection is adequate and necessary for the resulting complications.
You're kind of smart, so try to guess my password - but it's not an apple.
jj.. that's a great thing.. a friend smashed the door handle at home with his phone, he needed the number of a locksmith he knows, so he wanted to log in to iCloud via the website and he received an SMS on the smashed phone =D
Well, that's true. What should a person do who loses his phone and wants to find it with the help of the nearest available computer? Will he need the code that comes on that lost/stolen phone? I will have an excellently secured account, but my phone in p….
exactly.. besides, many people only have one device, so don't have a chance to get the code from the other one.. the question arises how they will solve this..
Of course, the user needs to be on his device, that means that if he has an iPhone that gets lost and wants to search for it using the iCloud web interface, he will log in to iCloud through his computer, which is an authorized device, that means that if they steal an iPhone and I only have a computer (preferably with Windows), it is enough that it has installed iTunes and apps with iCloud. After signing in to iCloud, the password will be displayed on the computer where iTunes is authorized, in the case of a Mac, it will be displayed on the Mac that is authorized for that Apple ID.
I see no problem, just ignorance.
:)
Just good