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Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs?

From	Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject	Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs?
Date	2024-09-02 11:44 -0700
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On 2024-09-02 09:44, badgolferman wrote:
> Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
>> What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs?
>>
>> The fact is of all common consumer operating systems, as of February 2023,
>> only Apple *requires* you to completely lose your privacy by forcing you to
>> use 2FA (which, for most people, is accomplished by their personal phone).
>>
>> Obviously I'm aghast that only Apple completely ignores any request for
>> privacy, but I can't fight it and still log into my Apple ID on my iPads.
>>
>> While I gave Apple my personal very private cell phone number, because I
>> was forced to do it in order to create the new Apple ID, my question here
>> is how can we avoid giving Apple our privacy for the rest of our lives?
>>
>> What other forms of 2FA can we give Apple to log into new Apple accounts?
>>
> 
> I’m not entirely sure, but it seems you can get a different trusted device.
> 
> 
> https://support.apple.com/en-us/102660
> 
> If you don’t want to give out your personal phone number maybe a Google
> Voice number would work. Use a Google solution to authenticate with Apple!
> 

BTW, for your edification on Arlen's claim that this "only Apple":

'Can I turn 2-Step Verification off?
Currently, you can turn off 2-Step Verification after it’s turned on 
automatically, but signing in with just a password makes your account 
much less secure.

Soon, 2-Step Verification will be required for most Google Accounts.'

<https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/10956730?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccan-i-turn--step-verification-off>

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What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-02 16:11 +0000
  Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-09-02 16:44 +0000
    Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-02 10:33 -0700
    Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-02 11:44 -0700
      Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-09-02 18:07 -0400
        Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-02 16:22 -0700
          Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-09-02 20:34 -0400
            Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-02 17:59 -0700
              Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 01:16 +0000
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-02 18:19 -0700
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-03 02:20 +0000
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-03 20:21 +0100
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-03 20:28 +0000
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-03 21:40 +0100
        Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-09-03 17:24 +0000
          Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-03 20:17 +0000
            Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-09-04 02:45 +0000
              Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-04 05:11 +0000
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-03 22:18 -0700
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-09-04 15:15 +0000
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-04 19:33 +0000
    Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-03 02:20 +0000
      Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-03 08:28 +0100
        Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-03 16:13 +0000
          Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-03 19:08 +0100
            Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-03 20:33 +0000
              Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-03 21:38 +0100
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-05 14:53 +0000
                Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-05 23:17 +0100
  Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2024-09-03 18:22 -0400
    Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-03 15:32 -0700
    Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-04 05:19 +0000
  Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2024-09-10 19:07 -0400
    Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-09-11 16:26 +0000
      Re: What "forms" of 2FA is Apple requiring for all new Apple IDs? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-09-11 14:07 -0700

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