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Old 08-29-2016, 01:55 PM
 
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It's complicated if your phone is lost, broken, or stolen. I always wonder how 2 factor works if one of those things happen?
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Old 08-29-2016, 09:27 PM
 
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Well from my understanding, the definition of 'hack' is when an unauthorized person/ stranger gets into your computer or phone, by any method. (Besides someone physically grabbing your phone and using your passcode.) It implies that it's done remotely, and without your permission. It also implies what they actually do when they get in there- which is change or steal stuff. Are you all saying this is not correct? So you're saying that a brute force attack (for example) is not a hack?

At any rate.. the point is they are not sure how it happened.
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Old 08-30-2016, 05:55 AM
 
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I understand hacking to be when they figure out how to break through the protections Apple, or whichever has. When they fool a person into giving their password, or get them to click a link, I don't consider that hacking.
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Old 08-30-2016, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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It's complicated if your phone is lost, broken, or stolen. I always wonder how 2 factor works if one of those things happen?
Lost? Get a new phone. Broke? Get a new phone. Stolen? Report stolen, try and wipe it through iCloud or ADM and get a new phone.
2 Factor isn't a factor for any of that.
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Old 08-30-2016, 07:39 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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Lost? Get a new phone. Broke? Get a new phone. Stolen? Report stolen, try and wipe it through iCloud or ADM and get a new phone.
2 Factor isn't a factor for any of that.
Yep. Two factor is only going to cause problems if you lose, break, get your phone stolen and can't / won't replace it or get a new sim card to pop in another phone.
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Old 08-30-2016, 12:04 PM
 
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Well from my understanding, the definition of 'hack' is when an unauthorized person/ stranger gets into your computer or phone, by any method. (Besides someone physically grabbing your phone and using your passcode.) It implies that it's done remotely, and without your permission. It also implies what they actually do when they get in there- which is change or steal stuff. Are you all saying this is not correct? So you're saying that a brute force attack (for example) is not a hack?

At any rate.. the point is they are not sure how it happened.
If somebody uses your login credentials without your permission they would not be hacking into a system even though they would be gaining unauthorized access. There is no evidence to suggest that this was a brute force attack though. Several months ago some celebrity had her nude photos taken from iCloud and at the time people thought iCloud was hacked, but the root cause turned out to be a phishing scene that gave the thief the login credentials.
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Old 08-31-2016, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Metro Washington DC
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Lost? Get a new phone. Broke? Get a new phone. Stolen? Report stolen, try and wipe it through iCloud or ADM and get a new phone.
2 Factor isn't a factor for any of that.
What if you need something during the time you have no phone?
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Old 09-01-2016, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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I don't understand the question. Do you mean because I won't be able to two factor auth into anything since it uses my text messaging? I have a few setup with SMS and Email so I always have one to fall back on.
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Old 09-01-2016, 11:36 AM
 
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I don't understand the question. Do you mean because I won't be able to two factor auth into anything since it uses my text messaging? I have a few setup with SMS and Email so I always have one to fall back on.
I don't have a fallback. SMS goes to my phone. I guess I need to learn a way to set up a fall back option.
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Old 05-29-2018, 03:39 AM
 
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If you have iCloud lock issues on your iPhone or iPads just contact icloudremovers@usa.com on email and they will unlock it
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