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"update apple id settings" - why?

Just recently got this notification to "update apple id settings", which raised the following questions in my mind:

1) What is this about?

2) What is the risk to doing it?

Thanks in advance!

iPhone 8

Posted on Dec 6, 2021 4:02 PM

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Level 6

17,689 points

Posted on Dec 6, 2021 4:28 PM

There are many reasons this could be appearing:

You changed your Apple ID password or made some modifications to the Apple ID credentials.
Some Apple ID information is incomplete or not updated.
You changed the device password of the current iPhone or another iPhone, iPad, or Mac linked to your Apple ID.
You added new fingerprints for Touch ID or a new appearance for Face ID.
Recently, you updated to a newer version of iOS.

As long as it’s an alert on the phone, not an email, text, Safari pop up, etc you are safe.

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