How to turn off two factor authentication?

mareece wrote:

i find it inconvenient to have this two fact. code, especially if you have soo many apply products, and in hurry, such as myself, i am constantly in hurry, and a very busy person. this two fact. should be obtional to aplle users not a indefinite, its a paid in ***. i have too many passwords to remember already and dont need this as another challenge for me.

How often are you being asked for the code? If I'm asked for it twice a month, that's a lot. If you explain when you're being asked for it, perhaps someone can help you figure out a way to make things work better for you.

Realistically, if you have your trusted devices set up properly, it should add, maybe 10 seconds to logging in. And, you don't have to remember anything.

I now have it where I can’t make purchases on my Apple TV - tried buying films and it says it needs a code to verify - I get sent a code and put that in - it now says that the mobile number needs verifying - it’s the only number on my Apple ID - if inputting the code is not veridication then what is?

SS24A wrote:

I now have it where I can’t make purchases on my Apple TV - tried buying films and it says it needs a code to verify - I get sent a code and put that in - it now says that the mobile number needs verifying - it’s the only number on my Apple ID - if inputting the code is not veridication then what is?

Which generation Apple TV do you have? It might be old enough (gen 2 I believe) that requires you to enter the 6 digit code along with your Apple ID password (password first, immediately followed by the 6 digit code).

RIGHT! When I am working with my 3 MacBook Pro Retinas, I am on a WIRED network, no WIFI and I am buried in a room where cell signal is rarely available so how would I have my PHONE get on the internet to even get the code? I cannot WIRE my phone to the internet signal. Apple has turned their back on professional audio engineers.

We tried it among the 3 of us for a few months and I had to re-buy about $80 worth of music. I went back to the old way. Maybe they fixed it but if it was broken when released, why should I trust it again?

SO for security purposes I clear cookies often, do not save passwords, etc. For my security methods I should have to use 2FA? This makes no sense. If I want to keep Apple tracking cookies on my machine I won't have to use 2FA? Do the math. Its a scheme to force tracking.

It was never broken. Why didn't you contact iTunes Store support immediately, rather than waste $80? You can share an Apple ID for the iTunes & App store if you want to with no real problems, but you still should not share an Apple ID for iCloud. You do not have to be logged into the same Apple ID for iCloud that you are for the store.

proaudioguy wrote:

SO for security purposes I clear cookies often, do not save passwords, etc. For my security methods I should have to use 2FA? This makes no sense. If I want to keep Apple tracking cookies on my machine I won't have to use 2FA? Do the math. Its a scheme to force tracking.

Apple doesn't track you. But the fact that you own a cell phone means that you are being tracked by everyone else. Your cell phone carrier knows where you are all the time. They sell that information and provide it to law enforcement agencies, as well as selling it to advertisers, debt collectors, repo companies - anyone who is willing to pay for it. Do you drive? If you have a toll transponder (such as E-ZPass) your car is being tracked constantly, not just when you pay tolls with it. There are detectors along all major highways that read your transponder. It's how those signs work that tell you how long it will take to get to various exits. And if you don't have a toll transponder they still track you using your license plates. Most police vehicles scan license plates continuously. As do repo trucks. Yes, they are looking for vehicles that have fallen behind in payments, but they scan and store every license plate and upload that information to a master database.

About the only one that doesn't track you is Apple. And that's the one that you want to disable. It makes no sense. If you don't want to be tracked get rid of your cell phone.

proaudioguy wrote:

RIGHT! When I am working with my 3 MacBook Pro Retinas, I am on a WIRED network, no WIFI and I am buried in a room where cell signal is rarely available so how would I have my PHONE get on the internet to even get the code? I cannot WIRE my phone to the internet signal. Apple has turned their back on professional audio engineers.

If you register your MacBooks with 2 FA you will get the code on the computer. You don't need your phone.

You think I mean tracking my location? I'm talking about tracking for the purposes of ADVERTISING REVENUE and selling your HABITS as data to marketing firms. I work in the industry, I am well aware. Also my spook friends won't even carry a smart phone.

When I check my trusted devices they are all in there yet I had to use 2 factor again to log in to the same apple sight I did early today. That makes about 10 times in 2 days. Its a massive hassle and waste of time for something I never even turned on in the first place.

proaudioguy wrote:

You think I mean tracking my location? I'm talking about tracking for the purposes of ADVERTISING REVENUE and selling your HABITS as data to marketing firms.

Apple doesn't actually do that.

Sure they do. I'm sure they are all knowing and all wise. Paranoia does that - grants you infinite knowledge and wisdom about what's "really" going on and which "nobody" else knows or understands. 🙄

No, there isn’t yet. A suit has been filed. No court has ruled that it has merit yet and can proceed. Anyone can file a lawsuit, class action or otherwise. But it is not a class action lawsuit until a court determines the validity of the class. There have already been news reports this class action suit is very likely to be outrightly dismissed by the CA courts as it lacks merit.

"should" has a great deal of meaning. The fact that Granny Google uses it doesn't make it good. I guess I'll just stop using those things that require it, most are just silly and unnecessary any way. The supposed "extra layer" of security is only there to appease the paranoid, it won't stop determined thieves.