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Re: Two-factor authentication

Subject Re: Two-factor authentication
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
References <nvfms2$9e0$1@dont-email.me> <nvgcdk$4dk$1@dont-email.me> <nvgg39$an4$1@dont-email.me>
From Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date 2016-11-03 20:52 -0400
Message-ID <2fednWeQEYIjRobFnZ2dnUU7-Y2dnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink)

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On 2016-11-03 19:09, Patty Winter wrote:
>
> In article <nvgcdk$4dk$1@dont-email.me>,
> Alan Browne  <alan.browne@freeluchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2016-11-03 11:58, Patty Winter wrote:
>>
>>> Also, sometime years ago I gave Apple my birthday as part of my
>>> security setup. I don't normally give companies (except of course
>>> things like medical or insurance companies) my real birthday, but
>>> Apple has it, and now it's displayed in iCloud settings. I could
>>> change it there, but then it wouldn't match what Apple has on record,
>>> right? Has anyone here found the process for changing it througout
>>> Apple's websites and devices?
>>
>> Me too.  I have a standard fake birthday I use with all sites.  I also
>> noticed that I use my real birthday on the Apple site.  Don't recall why
>> I did that but maybe because of credit card info (?).  There does not
>> seem to be the means to changing the birthday entered.
>
> It's interesting that the iCloud settings window offers to ability
> to change the birthdate. But I'm afraid that if I do, it will try
> to verify that date with what the Apple security server has listed
> for me and the authentication will fail.

You first!  ;-)


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Two-factor authentication Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-11-03 15:58 +0000
  Re: Two-factor authentication Alan Browne <alan.browne@freeluchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-03 18:07 -0400
    Re: Two-factor authentication Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-11-03 23:09 +0000
      Re: Two-factor authentication Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-03 20:52 -0400
  Re: Two-factor authentication Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-04 12:58 -0400
    Re: Two-factor authentication Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-11-04 17:45 +0000
      Re: Two-factor authentication Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-11-04 14:18 -0400
      Re: Two-factor authentication Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-04 19:26 +0000

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