Christina. You can certainly have them be the same. Some people choose not to do that, but, as I said, you can choose to have them the same if you wish.
Neal From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christina C. Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The dark side of Apple's two-factor authentication Teresa, What’s the difference between my iCloud passcode and my account password? I thought mine were one in the same. I thought I only had one and it is both my apple ID and my iCloud account with the same username and password? Thanks for any clarification, Christina On Dec 9, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: What you have to do is provide both your iCloud passcode (not your account password) *and your trusted device that you've already set up is sent a text message with a six-digit code with a short expiration period. ONLY when you do these two steps can you reset your key, hence two-factor authentication. I speak from experience, having followed those instructions and reset my key. :) Teresa -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
