“One third of Americans have improved their online security since the iCloud hacks,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac.
“A YouGov survey of more than 1,000 American consumers commissioned by security company Tresorit found that just over a third of them have taken steps to beef-up their online security in response to the iCloud hacks,” Lovejoy reports.
“The most common response was to change passwords for stronger ones,” Lovejoy reports, “with 13 percent creating different passwords for each online service and 6 percent enabling two-step verification.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Use two-step verification for Apple ID to keep your personal information as secure as possible. More info here.
Always use unique passwords, do not reuse passwords for different services, and use Apple’s Keychain Access and iCloud Keychain to create and manage them. When used properly, this system works like a dream.
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jennifer lawrence can take pride now that she helped everyone secure their online accounts, and all it took was people seeing a pic of her with jizz on her face
I made my password harder to crack: from “123456” to “1234567”.
OMG! That’s what a frightened customer did, changed it from 12341234 to 123412345! I had to roll my eyes very quietly. She won’t listen to me when I tell her that’s a door left wide open for the raccoons to come in and eat the cat food.
Yep I did the same thing. Now is “123456” where as before it was “1234”…oh shoot now I gotta change it again!!!
Best thing to come out of Hollywood in a looooooooong time.
“One third of Americans…”
Thats because 1/3 are more worried about their porn selfies than the rest.
Me? It is because I know my nude selfies are as desirable as JLaw’s.
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It would seem to be so. Massive hacks of financial data did nothing (including no big fuss about the OS they were hacked from). But a few nude photos obtained without even “hacking”, as such, and everybody freaks out! Hmmm.
Hunker Down Games
How do you tell if the two-step verification is working? I’m being serious by the way.
Go back to https://applied.apple.com/signin and try to sign in again.
It should send you another 4 digit code to your trusted device, that you will have to enter to gain access to your account.
Not sure I’d recommend relying on iCloud Keychain to manage all your passwords. For times when you need a login outside of Safari, accessing Keychain on iOS is a convoluted mess. Buried in Settings, and no search function.
I have DOZENS of NUDE pics
Now they are SECURE.
In the future I will avoid nude family shoots and I will put pants on my dog when I take photos.
A survey of 1,000. I’m convinced.