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FindMyiPhone sends alert to my iPhone when i tried to RECOVER my phone from my DESKTOP

i have a longstanding confusion about logging in to the APPLE FORUM but also more recently to the FIND MY IPHONE URL.

the problem is that the APPLE FORUM seems to prompt me to enter a PASSWORD that is sent to MY PHONE. this is weird since i am just trying to log into the apple forum. sometimes (?) it seems to only send the password to my phone and sometimes - like in this case - it ALSO shows this password right on the DESKTOP.

i've always been a bit confounded by what it is doing and why it seems to send the password to both devices. but not to my laptop apparently?(!)

anyway, i recently went to play a SOUND on my iphone from the desktop because i couldn't find my phone and FindMyiPhone seems to have just sent the passcode to MY PHONE. since i couldn't find the phone it wouldn't let me log in to play a sound.

this of course i need to solve at some point.

can anyone get me out of this digital ditch and just start by helping me understand what the terms are here so i can google it? or help me understand if there are settings i need to check? i don't understand what is going on.

advance apologies for sounding like a dope but i am super confused about this.

THANK YOU

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Jan 19, 2021 10:58 AM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2021 11:11 AM

These prompts are part of Apple's Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) security that is tied to your Apple ID.


Ref: Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support


The first Apple device you used to enable 2FA became your "trusted" device. In turn, any other device you use, and try logging in with your Apple ID, 2FA will send a verification request to your trusted device. That is the prompt that you are seeing. You can then elect to make that device trusted as well.


Basically, with 2FA, your account can only be accessed on devices you trust. To sign in to a new device, you will need to provide your password and a six-digit verification code that would automatically be displayed on your trusted devices. By entering this code you are stating that you now trust this new device.


Some additional info:

  • A trusted device can be an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with iOS 9+, or a Mac running OS X El Capitan or later that has already been signed into two-factor authentication.
  • A trusted phone number is a number that can be used to receive verification codes by text or phone call. You must verify at least one trusted phone number to enroll in two-factor authentication.
  • Removing a trusted device will ensure that it can no longer display verification codes and that access to iCloud, and other Apple services on the device, is blocked until you sign in again with two-factor authentication.
  • 2FA does NOT require an iPhone to either set up or use it. You can have verification codes sent to any trusted phone number -- those can be Android or other non-Apple phones and even to landlines.


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Jan 19, 2021 11:11 AM in response to hotwheels22

These prompts are part of Apple's Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) security that is tied to your Apple ID.


Ref: Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support


The first Apple device you used to enable 2FA became your "trusted" device. In turn, any other device you use, and try logging in with your Apple ID, 2FA will send a verification request to your trusted device. That is the prompt that you are seeing. You can then elect to make that device trusted as well.


Basically, with 2FA, your account can only be accessed on devices you trust. To sign in to a new device, you will need to provide your password and a six-digit verification code that would automatically be displayed on your trusted devices. By entering this code you are stating that you now trust this new device.


Some additional info:

  • A trusted device can be an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with iOS 9+, or a Mac running OS X El Capitan or later that has already been signed into two-factor authentication.
  • A trusted phone number is a number that can be used to receive verification codes by text or phone call. You must verify at least one trusted phone number to enroll in two-factor authentication.
  • Removing a trusted device will ensure that it can no longer display verification codes and that access to iCloud, and other Apple services on the device, is blocked until you sign in again with two-factor authentication.
  • 2FA does NOT require an iPhone to either set up or use it. You can have verification codes sent to any trusted phone number -- those can be Android or other non-Apple phones and even to landlines.


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