How to turn off two factor authentication?

gjcos wrote:

Wake up! its about rights and being informed in a manner other than email.

As Michael Black explained, what you would like to have and what you have a right to have are not identical.

The fact that I find it difficult to keep up with my paper mail as often as I should doesn't mean I have a right to ignore any bills that come in the mail. The same principal applies.

gjcos wrote:

keep drinking the kool-aide! you are obviously corporate inclined

I'm practical. I don't waste my time complaining to people who are in no position to make any changes. This is a technical support forum. Complaining here about something Apple does will accomplish nothing. Complain to Apple. Hire a lawyer.

gjcos wrote:

keep drinking the kool-aide! you are obviously corporate inclined

do you have any clue about how offensive your post is? You are comparing an Apple policy to protect your data to the agonizing murder of almost 1000 men, women and children by cyanide poisoning.

rachelfromfort worth wrote:

This is pretty much a jacking of my rights as a user. I do t want this it was only added as a mistake by my 12yr old

When it comes to data you voluntarily choose to put on some corporations online servers, you really have no such rights. The company has every right to implement whatever security measures they decide are appropriate.

Your main right is to choose not to use their online services if you don’t like those security policies. But you don’t have any rights to dictate how they secure that data they are now the custodians of when you’ve made a conscious voluntary choice to use their online services.

I have absolutely zero issues with Apple 2 factor authentication. I was using Apple’s 2 step verification with my AppleID long before 2FA was created. I converted to 2FA shortly after it was introduced, back with iOS 9 so have been using it, without issue since 2015/2016.

I have only ever had one AppleID, since 2000 and I have zero desire, need nor intention of getting rid of it over 2FA.

And I also use two factor logins with my Gmail/GoogleVoice accounts, my bank accounts, my retirement accounts, my Sony PlayStation account - any and every online account I have that offers some form of two factor login has that feature enabled and in use.

You can’t. We were not informed we would be unable to turn it off if when we added it. Or they changed the policy and we weren’t given the chance to turn it off.

I want to stop it also.

Are you listening Apple! ?!?!

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EllaGSD wrote:

Are you listening Apple! ?!?!

Not here, they're not. This is a user-to-user forum.

And I don’t want to hear from the dweebs that like it. Great. Glad you do. Doesn’t affect my opinion at all. I’m not a 🐑

Nice ad hominem attack.

That was so mean Larry. Why does it bother you so much that some of us don’t like it.

And we don’t know what Apple monitors and what they don’t monitor.

i was replying to someone who had a question. Mind your own business next time.

And we don’t know what Apple monitors and what they don’t monitor.

They monitor and remove abusive behaviour. Like yours.

Not speaking for Lawrence here, but this site is run primarily by volunteers who offer their time to answer answerable technical questions. The points we earn, plus $5 will get us a fancy coffee drink. We do it to be helpful and give back. Reactions like your make that challenging.

Rants and raves and juvenile outbursts are not answerable questions. If you bother to read more of this 40+ page conversation, we get you don't like 2FA. You should get we don't care. It is what it is and we are trying to patiently explain that.

We don't like to be called names for simply doing so. Like you did

2FA is not likely to go away and you are free to switch to a less secure OS and phone if you choose.

It has nothing to do with the fact that you don’t like 2FA.

Your post included a personal attack, which the hosts decided to remove. Probably based on a report by another user. Your post was mean and degrading to you (although you may not have realized that an ad hominem attack says more about the attacker than it does about the target of the attack).

And this is an open forum. I will post whatever I want to post within the terms of use of the forum.

Oh, and IdrisSeabright and I do know what the hosts monitor because they tell us and discuss it with us and other level 6+ user-participants.

So... I have an Iphone and two factor authentication is on. I am trying to retore my phone from Itunes and I cant, because it is sending a code to the phone I am trying to restore.. someone needs to be slapped

Probably you, if you didn't follow the 2 factor set up instructions and set up alternate ways of getting authorization codes. If you did do that just use one of the alternate methods, which can be another Apple device or any phone number (even a landline).

But if you follow the restore instructions you shouldn't need to use an authentication code to restore an iPhone. You don't even need to have an Apple ID. Click on this blue Apple support link--> Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

If the phone is Activation Locked go to https://icloud.com/find and remove the phone from your account. You also don't need an authentication code for this link.

I did NOT turn on two factor authentication, so I am NOT already using it. This was turned on "for" me at some unknown point in time. Since this was not my choice, I am not using it, I don't want it, as it is nothing but a major headache. I want it OFF. MY phone MY choice.

Excuse me????? Just to get into the forum to reply, I had to wait for an authentication code. I can't do ANYTHING without permission! Yes that IS a headache! It's not a question of learning how to use it; I am perfectly competent thank you! I did NOT turn it on. If it was turned on by someone else, then it was done without my knowledge AND my consent. I cannot be considered the willing user if I did not consent! Therefore, I am NOT using it! The thing none of these developers and many of the rest of you seem to remember - It's my phone! It's my account! Therefore, it is my CHOICE whether or not to use a given feature. I don't need a bunch of nannies at Apple (or MS or Google) telling me what to do! I WANT IT OFF!

Ok fine.. so your are going to force me to use 2 factor authentication. I get it. But what I don't get is that you don't offer support for my older macs that now won't allow me to log in because I can't put in the 2 factor code. Geesh... Come on guys.