Can apple ID's be hacked I panic sometimes.
Hi I wonder to myself sometimes can apple
ID's be hacked from other people. So say
For instance could someone hack my apple
Account. Or is the security hot with apple..?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
Hi I wonder to myself sometimes can apple
ID's be hacked from other people. So say
For instance could someone hack my apple
Account. Or is the security hot with apple..?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
Your Apple ID is as secure as your password.
So with apple you can't hack anything on my account like get into it and change my password
No, Apple's servers have never been hacked, but if you don't have a strong password someone can run a program that will try all password combinations on your account until it finds yours.
Probably 99%+ of all breakins to accounts are either the owner voluntarily granting access to the account (by responding to a "phishing" email or logging in to a spoofed web site) or a hacker breaking your passcode because it isn't strong enough.
Doesn't changing your password
Mess up your updates for apps
No.
Obviously I've already got an Apple
ID and password but I want to check
How strong the password is
And...? Do you have a question?
Yes I asked I'd like to see how strong
My password is
And how do you expect us to determine that? Your password is what it is...
The usual password rules apply:
Shouldn't be a word in any dictionary
Even if you substitute numbers for letters
Shouldn't be anyone's name (like not your children/siblings/parents)
At least 8 characters long; 10 is better 14 or more is best
Mix of letters, numbers, punctuation and both UPPER and lower case letters
Don't write it down
Should be different from passwords you use for other sites (then again, you should not use the same password for different sites anyway)
Changing it frequently is NOT important if it is a good password to start with.
Well I don't want it being hacked as its probabl weak
So change it. There are apps that will tell you how strong your password is.
Mine is quite weak
Follow Lawrence's suggestions then. We really cannot determine if a password is weak or not. You can have a password that is 200 characters long, but if you leave it written on paper, and someone finds it, how secure do you think it will be?
Use common sense.
Then change it.
Can apple ID's be hacked I panic sometimes.