“How about the fact that, like quite a few Freepers who’ve posted on these threads, not all people have message capable devices. others who have iCloud accounts are children. No devices. Etc. lots of reasons. Choice. Apple strongly recommends it. They regularly send emails extolling its benefits and explaining how to set it up.”
Choice. That’s your answer. Apple chose to leave their customers iCloud accounts at risk so they could parade around with a “Pro-Choice” banner. After a while you just stop making sense but somehow that doesn’t stop you from posting.
Apple will eventually make two-factor authentication the default and act like they were planning to do that all along. That’s actually good news for Apple fans. Instead of making excuses, you should be celebrating.
You always find the negative when it comes to Apple, Leonard. For you, the glass is always half empty. How did you like the donations Gates and Balmer made to the Gun Grabbers.
Timmi said that, “Apple will broaden its use of an enhanced security system known as “two-factor authentication,” which requires a user, or a hacker, to have two of three things to access an account: a password, a separate four-digit one-time code, or a long access key given to the user when they signed up for the service.”
Tim Cook Says Apple to Add Security Alerts for iCloud Users
http://online.wsj.com/articles/tim-cook-says-apple-to-add-security-alerts-for-icloud-users-1409880977
What a novel idea. Who would have thought of such a thing but the smartest company on the planet? Man, Apple rocks.