FYI, a counter-intuitive aspect of app-specific passwords is that they need not 
be specific to a single application.  Although Apple can issue up to 25 
different app-specific passwords for a given iCloud account, the account owner 
can elect to use a single app-specific password for multiple applications.

As Benny states in his blog post, an application is not restricted to a 
specific subset of iCloud data, which seems to defeat the purpose of 
app-specific passwords.  The only advantage I can think of for creating 
different passwords for different applications is it enables you to revoke one 
application's access to iCloud if, for example, you stop using the application 
or the application is acquired by a company with notorious privacy practices.

Bob Stern
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