All the security features are fantastic. I also don't bother with a passcode any longer either Jewel. But Seagirt you run a business and as you say you're out a lot. And if I had the kind of stuff most people have on their phones credit cards and banking info and who knows what else I sure as hell would be using their security features as well.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 3, 2018, at 8:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Jewel, > > I have two-factor authentication enabled and that does not require me to type > in any email address or long passwords and my trusted devices which I use all > the time behave just as always. However, if there is an attempt to access my > account from a new device then even if somebody had my password they could > not gain access because they would also need to have my iPhone which would > have to be unlocked for them to see the access code. > My iPhone is secured with Touch Id and of course there is a 6-digit passcode > for when I have to reboot my phone or for when for whatever reason the > fingerprint doesn’t work which is rare. I am out and about too much for my > phone to not be secured and if I do want somebody else to do something on my > phone I simply unlock it and then hand it to them. > For me not locking my phone would be not very different from leaving my house > unlocked when I’m not at home. Given the amount of hacking and not very nice > people gaining access to all sorts of accounts means security is important > and while two-factor authentication is not perfect it is currently one of the > more secure methods of protecting your accounts of course alongside a strong > password. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jewel > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 5:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Two-Step Verification & iOS 11.3 > > It is just a great bore. When I open my iPhone, I want to have immediate > access to whatever I opened it for, not have to mess around for 5 minutes: > exaggerating a tad, but I am sure that you know what I mean: typing in a long > email address and then an, equally, complicated password. There are times > when I want someone else to have access to my phone, so, rather than give out > all those details which, we are told, we should keep to ourselves, I would > rather just hand it over to get on with the initial reason for my giving it > to him/her! > > Jewel > > > > From: Dionesque > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2018 5:14 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Two-Step Verification & iOS 11.3 > > Just out of curiousity: what's so bad about the 2 steps verification that so > many people are avoiding it?? > Greetings, > > ⭐️ Dionesque 🎵🎼🌹 > > Am 03.04.2018 um 06:17 schrieb Jewel <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz>: > > I downloaded and install IOS11.3 3 nights ago, and despite the notice that > Apple recommendedd that I > have 2 step verification, I said that it was my iPhone and I didn't want it, > but the program took no > notice of my wish and kept insisting that I enter my email and apple id, but > I kept ignoring the > request, and now, not before time either, Apple seems to have accepted the > unpalatable fact that I > don't appreciate its interference and like Nelly the elephant, has trundled > back into the jungle, > never, I hope, to be seen again! > > Jewel > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 6:27 AM > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: Two-Step Verification & iOS 11.3 > > Hello Mike, > > It is not necessary, nor will you be forced to enable two-step verification > when upgrading to, / > using iOS 11.3. > > As for the steps to avoid it, when prompted, just select the "Not Now" button. > > I have a 6 S Plus, running iOS 11.3, using an iCloud account that does not > have two-step > Verification, enabled. > > Mark > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mike B. > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2018 6:30 PM > To: VIPhone > Subject: Two-Step Verification & iOS 11.3 > > Hi All, > > If I update our SE iPhones from iOS 10.33 to the latest iOS 11.3, can I avoid > activating two-step > verification? I know big brother is looking out for me, but I don't want him > to, nor do we need him > to. If this can be avoided, would someone please include steps on how to do > so? 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