Apple forcing 2-factor ID via 3rd Party apps access to iCloud
- Well this is an enormous pain in the wazoo - received in the mail today -
"...Beginning on June 15, app-specific passwords will be required to access your iCloud data using third‑party apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or other mail, contacts, and calendar services not provided by Apple.
If you are already signed in to a third‑party app using your primary Apple ID password, you will be signed out automatically when this change takes effect. You will need to generate an app-specific password and sign in again.
To generate an app-specific password, turn on two-factor authentication for your Apple ID and then follow the instructions below..."
Sorry, I know it's all about security (and, ahem, proprietary control by Apple over how we use our own data), but I'm not keen on this or about how Apple does 2-factor ID.
Thoughts?05-15-2017 10:22 PMLike 0 - Well this is an enormous pain in the wazoo - received in the mail today -
"...Beginning on June 15, app-specific passwords will be required to access your iCloud data using third‑party apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or other mail, contacts, and calendar services not provided by Apple.
If you are already signed in to a third‑party app using your primary Apple ID password, you will be signed out automatically when this change takes effect. You will need to generate an app-specific password and sign in again.
To generate an app-specific password, turn on two-factor authentication for your Apple ID and then follow the instructions below..."
Sorry, I know it's all about security (and, ahem, proprietary control by Apple over how we use our own data), but I'm not keen on this or about how Apple does 2-factor ID.
Thoughts?Annie_M likes this.05-15-2017 10:28 PMLike 1 -
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- Can anyone explain this to me ? I got this email this morning, but not quite inderstand wht this mean. I use exchange/outlook and other 3rd party email client for my gmail account and icloud mail account. What will this new regulation effect to me ?
Maybe some case example will be very helpful05-16-2017 09:17 AMLike 0 - Can anyone explain this to me ? I got this email this morning, but not quite inderstand wht this mean. I use exchange/outlook and other 3rd party email client for my gmail account and icloud mail account. What will this new regulation effect to me ?
Maybe some case example will be very helpful05-16-2017 12:01 PMLike 0 - Hate the idea, but understand the need, and therefore reluctantly support the changes. It will be interesting to revisit this thread after we've all gotten used to the new procedures!05-16-2017 12:36 PMLike 0
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Same with my skype for business, gmail account, etc, any effect ?05-16-2017 01:24 PMLike 0 - Pardon me, I really not quite understand what this mean. Just for example with my exchange on outlook, I always use the original exchange password on my outlook (which completely no connection with appleid right ?). So ? Any effect on this ?
Same with my skype for business, gmail account, etc, any effect ?
You can no longer use your own iCloud credentials to access iCloud within those apps.Just_Me_D and Hendri Hendri like this.05-16-2017 01:43 PMLike 2 -
Dunno what app is related to my icloud, maybe some backup. Well just wait and see the implementation
Thx05-16-2017 01:49 PMLike 0 -
- Example: let's say you have an iCloud email account, but you wanted to use the Microsoft Outlook app to access your iCloud email, etcetera. Instead of entering your actual passcode of 12345 into the Microsoft Outlook setup you will have to enter an app-specific passcode of abcde. That will protect your actual login credentials while still allowing you to use the Microsoft Outlook app to access your iCloud email. I hope that made sense.Hendri Hendri likes this.05-16-2017 01:56 PMLike 1
- Example: let's say you have an iCloud email account, but you wanted to use the Microsoft Outlook app to access your iCloud email, etcetera. Instead of entering your actual passcode of 12345 into the Microsoft Outlook setup you will have to enter an app-specific passcode of abcde. That will protect your actual login credentials while still allowing you to use the Microsoft Outlook app to access your iCloud email. I hope that made sense.Just_Me_D likes this.05-16-2017 02:04 PMLike 1
- Example: let's say you have an iCloud email account, but you wanted to use the Microsoft Outlook app to access your iCloud email, etcetera. Instead of entering your actual passcode of 12345 into the Microsoft Outlook setup you will have to enter an app-specific passcode of abcde. That will protect your actual login credentials while still allowing you to use the Microsoft Outlook app to access your iCloud email. I hope that made sense.05-16-2017 02:49 PMLike 0
- That is correct! Any non-Apple app that requires you to login to your iCloud account, whether for email, calendar, contacts, etc., will require an app-specific passcode to gain access.05-16-2017 02:52 PMLike 0
- Maybe I don't have anything to worry about then. Email is the only one I have that requires a log in for iCloud email. Is that access to the App, or an app-specific passcode for iCloud? What it I just delete the iCloud email account?05-16-2017 03:11 PMLike 0
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT20439705-16-2017 03:21 PMLike 0 - If you've already enabled 2-factor authentication, chances are you've already created a few app-specific passcodes to use. I have several, specifically, 3rd-party email apps that I was using. In regard to your iCloud account inquiry, no, you DO NOT delete your iCloud account. Anyway, you can read about app-specific passcode via the following link.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT20439705-16-2017 03:23 PMLike 0 - If you were using the Email by EasilyDo app, for example, to access your iCloud email, you can choose to logout/delete the iCloud account from within the app if you're no longer using it. If you opt to use that app again to access your iCloud email, you'll have to use an App-Specific passcode for it. Furthermore, you can re-create App-Specific passcodes as you see fit.05-16-2017 03:29 PMLike 0
- Sorry - but for all the arguments why this is A Good Thing, it looks less like a security 'feature' and more like Apple dissuading users (especially those who want no part of their 2-part authentication) from using apps that are superior to Apple's own.
And remember, this process means you're not just creating new passwords for your 3rd Party apps, but you are having to buy into Apple's 2-factor authentication and its process. And I haven't entirely grasped what that's gonna mean for cases where (for security reasons already) you may have more than one Apple account - in my case, one for iCloud and one for iTunes / App Store.05-16-2017 03:29 PMLike 0 -
Source: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204915Sherry_B likes this.05-16-2017 03:33 PMLike 1
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