Oh yes! Forgot that! Those rose tinted spectacles of nostalgia that give me amnesia!
That said, it was rare. But the startup beep, I miss that startup beep. On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 9:59:25 AM UTC+1, Jason Davies wrote: > > Yeah I remember removing half the extensions and restarting over and over > to work out the crashes too. Hard to believe you didn’t even have a > password in those days... > > cheers, > > -Jason > ---------------------------------- > Sent from my iPhone > ---------------------------------- > > On 21 Sep 2017 at 19:15:42 BST, mac98aop <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Thanks Sam. All changed. All quite easy with 1Password, albeit a bit of > faff getting iMessage on Mac to send via my phone number, not email. > > I remember my Mac Classic, system 7 and oh, things were so much more > simple! > > > > > On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 6:04:47 PM UTC+1, Sam - MacAmbulance > wrote: > > > > If your appleID has an @icloud.com address as well as the gmail, then > the > > password will work for both usernames yes. > > > > If the password was unique then shouldn’t be much to worry about but I’d > > change your gmail anyway. > > > > Sam > > [image: MacAmbulance] > > MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web > Development > > Sam Mullen > > +44 (0)7747778022 > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > www.macambulance.co.uk > > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, > registration > > number 8466597 > > > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may > contain > > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > > delete the email immediately. > > > > On 21 Sep 2017, at 14:03, mac98aop <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > wrote: > > > > Eek, thanks Sam. > > > > I thought I was all over this, using 1Password, but turns out I have > been > > pwned. I've just changed my Apple ID password. > > > > But to ask... > > > > 1. I use an @gmail email for my AppleID email. haveibeenpwned also says > my > > @icloud email is breached. But, is that simply linked to my AppleID, as > > opposed to having its own password that also needs changing? > > > > 2. Given I use my @gmail for my AppleID, I guess I should also change my > > login to all Google products (it was already unique) but better safe > than > > sorry, given I can't know which login was breached, right? > > > > So grateful for your post, Sam. > > > > Thanks again > > > > Adam > > > > On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 11:17:04 AM UTC+1, Sam - MacAmbulance > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Everyone > >> > >> I’d recommend you check your AppleID email address here : > >> https://haveibeenpwned.com and see if your login details have been > >> exposed by any security breaches, if so, change your iCloud password > >> immediately. > >> > >> For example, let’s say I’ve got an AppleID of [email protected], > password > >> “Password1” (who’d do that right?) and I’ve also used that same > combination > >> for my Dropbox and LinkedIn login details, then been double silly and > >> haven’t changed those login details in years. Dropbox was hacked in > 2012, > >> LinkedIn was also hacked. That particular password combination was > exposed. > >> “Credential Stuffing” is where some nefarious do-badder will take that > >> combination and attempt to log into other services hoping I’d used the > same > >> login details on other services. > >> > >> A client called yesterday saying her Mac and iPad had been remotely > >> locked via Find My iPhone. Someone had logged into her iCloud account > and > >> remote-locked her devices, with a message containing an email address, > >> demanding bitcoin to unlock them. > >> > >> What of 2-Factor authentication you say? But Sam, It’s impossible to > log > >> into iCloud without receiving a code on your phone. Well, Find My > iPhone > >> (for obvious reasons if you’ve lost your phone) isn’t protected by 2FA, > so > >> you can log into it using just your username & password, then remote > wipe > >> and remote lock are easily available. > >> > >> The moral of the story, don’t use the same login details for multiple > >> services and do change your passwords semi-regularly. > >> > >> Sam > >> [image: MacAmbulance] > >> MacAmbulance Ltd. 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