Mark, In your one message you write about 2-factor authentication and in your message to Reggie you write about 2-step verification. You do know these are two different animals? They may both belong to the Apple species, but 2-step verification is an older method which works on older devices and which Apple does not recommend for newer devices which run I think iOS 10 or later. I am also not understanding why there is so much complaining about increased security. I have 2-factor authentication turned on for most services and websites I use and where it is offered, e.g. my Microsoft accounts, Google, Dropbox etc. For services which can use an authenticator app I use Microsoft Authenticator, Google and Apple do sort of their own thing and Roboform, my password manager, still uses email or text messages to send the code. One should also note that with Apple you really only have to use 2-factor authentication on a device or a web browser once, during that initial verification you can specify that this is a trusted device or browser and that's that for the future. I think often it's just a matter where people should spend a bit of time reading up on how exactly it works in order to understand this better.
Best regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2019 5:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: How do you8u turn off two factor authentication? Hello Regina, About two-step verification and SMS - Apple Support About two-step verification and SMS Learn how SMS works with two-step verification for your Apple ID. When you set up two-step verification for your Apple ID, you must provide at least one SMS-capable phone number to receive temporary verification codes from Apple. You'll use these codes to verify your identity and help keep your account secure. The text messages that provide verification codes are free of charge. If you're not connected to your carrier's network when you receive the message, your carrier may charge you for roaming. Add or remove an SMS number 1. Sign in to your Apple ID account page, located at: https://appleid.apple.com/account/home. 2. In the Security section, click Edit. 3. Click Add a Trusted Phone number. 4. To add a number, enter the phone number and verify it with a text. 5. To remove a number, click next to the phone number you want to remove. Original Article at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202656 Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of regina alvarado Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2019 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How do you8u turn off two factor authentication? Hi, where can you access your two-factor verification in settings. I want to add to my numbers, thank you Mark. I have forgotten how I accessed this. Thanks so much. Reggie Alvarado On Aug 3, 2019, at 5:45 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Chris, Your comments don’t make sense to me. First, in order to setup 2-factor authentication, you must also add at least 1 rescue SMS phone number contact to your profile. Second, when you are required to verify your account, in the same prompt, the dialog box includes a link that says something like, didn’t get code? If you click on that link, then the code is sent to your SMS number. Once this is done, you need only open the text message and, more often than not, the code will be automatically entered into the required field, for you. By the way, you can have as many rescue SMS numbers associated with your 2-factor authentication profile, as you like. In my case, for example, i have 3 telephone numbers in my profile. I can have the verification code sent to any of them at any time. This eliminates the need to cary multiple Apple devices at all times. I’m not suggesting that 2-factor authentication is perfect but I am arguing that it is a necessary evil in a world were thieves live and breathe to rob us of our identity. Also, I prefer 2-factor on Apple to that of Google’s system, by far-and-away. Mark > On Aug 3, 2019, at 9:51 AM, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is beyond annoying. It is illogical. The other day I was trying to buy > an app on my iPhone, however, the app store sent a verification code to my > iPad. The problem is that I was fifty miles away from my home and I left the > iPad at home. Does apple think if you have two apple devices you have to > carry the two of them with you all the time? I can’t understand this logic. > > Cheers, > > Cris > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim > Fettgather > Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 11:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How do you8u turn off two factor authentication? > > I accidentally turned on two factor authentication while setting up a New Mac > computer, and have regretted it ever since. > I do not think there is a way to turn it off, I find it highly annoying! > > > From: Alex Stone > Sent: Friday, August 2, 2019 5:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How do you8u turn off two factor authentication? > > Unfortunately I don’t think you can. I tried to do this a couple of months > ago. It looks to me like, once its on youre stuck with it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 2 Aug 2019, at 23:21, Cris Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello folks, > Does anyone know how to turn off the two factor authentication? 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