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Warning – Apple ID & Two Step Authentication

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This is the body of the email I received from Apple this morning.

“Thank you for using two-step verification to protect your Apple ID and the data you store with iCloud.
This is a reminder that starting tomorrow, app-specific passwords will be required to access your iCloud data using third party apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird or other mail, contacts and calendar apps.

If you are currently signed in to a third party app using your primary Apple ID password, you will be signed out automatically when this change takes effect. You will need to generate an app-specific password and sign in again.

To generate an app-specific password:
Sign in to My Apple ID (https://appleid.apple.com)
Go to Password & Security
Click Generate App-Specific Password”

This will be fun as I have no idea how many apps this affects.

Protect your Apple ID

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Apple now offers two stage security verification. So :-

Go to the My Apple ID page
Select “Manage your Apple ID” and sign in
Select “Password and Security”
Under Two-Step Verification, select Get Started and follow the on-screen instructions

You will need to change your password and not use one you have used in the last year.

It a simple process and takes about 3 days to verify. So in future when you do stuff involving your Apple ID you will be sent a code to your phone which you then use to confirm it is you and not some stranger hacking your details.