I WANT TO TURN OFF TWO FACTOR VERIFICATION!!!!! It is a total pain in the butt and I want the option to turn it off. Help!!!!! How can apple not allow us to turn this time-suck feature off? I want to register my frustration.

I didn’t give to anyone. Haha

I got a temp job at Apple and to connect to iMessage on the laptop I had to use my personal appleId. This is what their technician told me.

And for the purpose of my job, I needed to be able to access that. So I did it. I didn’t give him the information but I also didn’t realize(also didn’t see the change happen) that the work phone number would overtake my personal one as the two factor.

Had I seen/known, TRUST ME I would have NEVER done that.

"I highly doubt the billions of Google searches are after the fact research. I'm sure most are in fact advance research."

So, you think that when someone gets a new Mac, before they start using it up high on their list of first things to do is to research whether or not once 2-factor authentication can be turned off? Because why, that's what everybody does before they hit a toggle in system preferences...do extensive research to find out if they can toggle it off? That's ridiculous.

and by the way, the product feedback site (linked in the "answer") has no way to feed back specifically about any of the the OSes or about Apple ID items. So it's even more of a non-answer, and more an exhibition that this part of the system is both perfect and unchangeable, not subject to the cares and concerns of mere users.

Exactly! That's not how it was before and they made the change without it being loud and clear to everyone.

It's written somewhere and unless something happens and you are looking for it, you wouldn't know. And it's not like they tell you that their customer service reps can't do anything to help you either.

So yes, very disingenuous of them.

koriandr129 wrote:

Exactly! That's not how it was before and they made the change without it being loud and clear to everyone.

It's written somewhere and unless something happens and you are looking for it, you wouldn't know.

What are you going on about? When you turned on 2FA you got an email confirming that you have turned it on. That email said you could change your mind for 2 weeks, and the email even had a link to turn it off. HOW MUCH LOUDER AND CLEARER COULD THAT HAVE BEEN? Should Apple have sent a representative to your home to ring your doorbell and tell you?

imagenation wrote:

Does anyone actually think that texting, spellcheck, or writing an email are easier in iOS 13+?

Absolutely! The changes in the way one edits text were long overdue and are absolutely awesome. Sure, I could manage the old way but I never actually liked it. Now, I press an hold the space bar and I can easily place the insertion point. Just goes to show Apple does (sometimes) pay attention to feedback!

Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud that means advertising a particular product that one doesn't actually have then offering a different product (either inferior or more expensive). Apple didn't do that. Apple offered a service. They provided exactly the service the offered. And, that service included a statement something to this effect, "At any time Apple may change, add, or remove any part of this Agreement ". And, that's what they did. Ask any lawyer. Apple didn't commit fraud.

Your phone does not have to be on for someone to break into your AppleID. You don’t even need to own a single Apple device to have your AppleID compromised. An AppleID has nothing to do with the particular Apple devices you may or may not own, or may or may not have powered on at any given time.

I’m having same issues I don’t have a new device to sign into so it’s been totally impossible to get the 2 to complete the auth

Why doesn't this work for me? I entered my land line and it never rings. I went through the process with an Apple support person, so yeah, did all the steps correctly.

It really is dumb policy. And in spite of what either people are saying, it's NOT your fault. I finally did the obvious solution and couldn't be happier.

I need to turn it off so I can use mymobilwatchdog.com to register my daughter phone number too. Please advise how to do it.

Please provide instructions.

It really isn't accomodating as it means always having the phone or trusted device to hand. I don't want to be tethered to sitting with two devices at all times.

it doesnt work it keeps going back to on how can i fix it

hmm.. my post dissappeared..wonder why?