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Apple Fixes Huge Security Hole With Two-Step Verification
Apple just added two-factor authentication for iCloud and all your Apple accounts. It’s a huge deal for security and a welcome boon to a security process full of holes that were frustrating to fix.
Is This The Hacker Wreaking Havoc With Journalists Everywhere?
Security writer Brian Krebs has stumbled across new information that links the recent hack of his own website with attacks on Ars Technica and Gizmodo alumnus Mat Honan’s iCloud breach. Krebs explains that he believes Phobia is part of a four-person Xbox Live gamer team, called Team Hype, which has a taste for hijacking Xbox Live Gamertags.
Apple Is Deleting iCloud Emails That Have The Phrase ‘Barely Legal Teen’ In Them
Something really weird is happening to iCloud emails. It turns out, Apple is straight up deleting emails sent from iCloud email accounts that have the phrase “barely legal teen” in them. Like, if you sent out an email that included that phrase in the body of the message, it would never be sent to the person. Huh?
An Apple Rep Is Adorably Stalking My Wife
Good customer service is what Apple is famous for. Its shiny stores, no-questions-asked return policy and a legion of Geniuses all work together to give customers a top-notch experience when Apple gear goes South. So when my wife’s Apple ID was placed into security limbo, I was confident she could get it fixed expediently. What she actually got was so much more than that.
Apple Still Uses Google Maps Where It Perhaps Matters The Most
Apple’s new Maps may be a horror show, but at least they haven’t fully permeated your iOS existence. As one user discovered recently, iCloud.com still uses Google Maps when you use its Find My Phone feature.
Aussie In Hot Water After Tracking His Stolen iPad
Presumably, when one of your iDevices is stolen with iCloud activated it means you can find where it’s gone with the help of the police, right? After all, Apple helps you track the thing on a satellite map? Not so much for one Canberra man who is currently up on charges of digital trespass for tracking down his allegedly stolen iPad.
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