Apple adds two-step verification option for Apple IDs
Apple today added an extra layer of security to its Apple ID system that can harden the password people use to log in to various Apple services.
Users with an Apple ID can now sign up for two-step verification of their password, a system that sends a four-digit passcode by text message to a user's phone, and must be used on top of a regular password. In practice, this could keep an account from being compromised by an attacker, unless that person had access to the mobile device too.
The move comes a little less than a year after … Read more