How to turn off two factor authentication?

What has happened to the Apple that was user friendly

Forgive the observation, but 100s of millions Apple users manage to use 2FA successfully each and every day.

I am behind a firewall, VPN,

Are your issues the same when you are not? A fight between your firewall, your VPN and Apple's security mechanism could be part of your troubles.

This will most certainly create more requests for a verification code than not. Looking like a different end user who is trying to hide their identity is authentication catnip to a system designed to detect just that.

This whole thing is becoming more convoluted than a mainframe.

Not really.

Apple: "are you who you say you are?

You: "yes, let me prove it. send me a code to a device I have proven I have control over"

Apple: "ok... here you go"

You: "entering that code now"

Apple: "it is you. welcome back"

*You: "thanks for keeping my account secure"

*doesn't always happen

Meanwhile, feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

pauli96 wrote:

What a joke! I will be saying good bye to apple! Life long supporter no more...

You should do whatever works best for you. And it probably doesn't matter what that is to anyone here.

If you want Apple to know, use the feedback page:

Product Feedback - Apple

ibrahem195 wrote:

Unfortunately I turned to note10 just because if that . I'll never going back to iPhone

Hopefully, that phone will work out well for you. I doubt anyone here really cares, though, which phone you've selected.

I do find it interesting because I plan on moving away from Apple iPhones and Airs. My first Apple was a Apple II+ in 1978. As these wear out or no longer of use I will NOT replace with Apple OS computers.

DEAR APPLE, TURN OFF TWO FACTOR!!!! So I lose my iPhone, so I sign in online to use the find my iPhone app. My iPhone is the only apple device i got. In an effort to find my iPhone, Apple sends a code to my iPhone that i have to read and enter online...but wait... my iPhone is missing in the first place. And it has the code on it that i now need in order to find it. WHAT THE ****? Apple, do you understand the cyclical conundrum here? thanks Apple. Well thought out. Sheer genius.

Samtheman1974 wrote:

DEAR APPLE, TURN OFF TWO FACTOR!!!! So I lose my iPhone, so I sign in online to use the find my iPhone app. My iPhone is the only apple device i got. In an effort to find my iPhone, Apple sends a code to my iPhone that i have to read and enter online...but wait... my iPhone is missing in the first place. And it has the code on it that i now need in order to find it. WHAT THE ****? Apple, do you understand the cyclical conundrum here? thanks Apple. Well thought out. Sheer genius.

You don't need a 2FA code to access Find My iPhone from your computer.

I wanted to watch Netflix this weekend but my phone was dead so I couldn't get the code, thanks Apple, you're awesome. They know they own your life and can do whatever the **** they **** well please when you have an iphone, ipad, macbook and two mac computers, ugh!

So wish I could switch to an android! If you don't have Apple products right now, run, run, run, do not buy their products!

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Yes it does, if you are using Netflix app on Apple TV. Requires you to sign into Apple first before you can get to Netflix.

I had grad time setting up Apple TV also. I think you can use your email to get the 2FA. It is a sucky process.

Apple 2FA is a case of 2FA gone madly out of control.

definitely need to enter the code after entering the password and Apple TV doesn’t give any hint either!

Pall wrote:

Yes it does, if you are using Netflix app on Apple TV. Requires you to sign into Apple first before you can get to Netflix.

You're talking about signing into your Apple ID account on Apple TV, which is a one-time event in order to use certain features of Apple TV or download an app. You do not have to sign in each time that you want to use Netflix.

Don't believe the original author did not state his problem is with recurring sign-in. Not being able to sign-on to Netflix with Apple TV 2FA was the question.

Apple TV does screw up and looses cached password now and again.

Strictly from a security point of view, if you are caching the password and not asking for the password, what purpose does the 2FA serve. Hope, apple is using https for authentication and if they are, then 2 FA is implied with the certificates. Surely, apple is using a self-signed cert and Apple TV has an Apple Public Key Certificate installed.

Suppose, you can cache password in the device but can't cache device identity!!!

Requires 2FA to sign on to this forum.

Did anyone say Apple's 2FA is well thought out solution?

Shame on you!

Apple 2FA is a solution that is designed to work within the eco system, not outside. No one in apple ever thought a person may misplace or loose an iPhone may need to sign on to their Apple Account to use find my phone to find their phone. Sending 2FA code to the lost iPhone is indeed a great answer.

Why not allow the user to select their email registered with the apple account at minimum. Yes, this is not perfect. Better solution is to let the user enter an email where they are able to receive the 2FA.

Pall wrote:

Apple 2FA is a solution that is designed to work within the eco system, not outside. No one in apple ever thought a person may misplace or loose an iPhone may need to sign on to their Apple Account to use find my phone to find their phone. Sending 2FA code to the lost iPhone is indeed a great answer.

You do not need a 2FA code to sign into Find My iPhone from a computer in order to find your missing phone. So, yes, Apple did consider that scenario.

Why not allow the user to select their email registered with the apple account at minimum. Yes, this is not perfect. Better solution is to let the user enter an email where they are able to receive the 2FA.

The reason is that email is not terribly secure. You do, however, have the option of using any mobile number as a trusted number on which you can the code either by SMS or an automated voice call or any landline number on which you can get the automated voice call. I've used the latter and it works very well.

Before you get upset about problems that Apple has already provided solutions for, I suggest you read this article:

Two-factor authentication for Apple ID - Apple Support

it’s a pain in the ******* *** and i am about to throw my phone out the window i can’t take this bull **** with this, i can access my photos on my old ios because of a ******* stupid recovery key plz help and i am about to break my phone

"Also, you should rarely need the 2FA code. If you're getting a request for it a lot, that might be something to explore. There might be something you can to to mitigate that. "

Rarely?

On each login to Apple sites, including this one, I'm requested to use the pushed code. How to explore and mitigate this?

Thank you

VAD. wrote:

"Also, you should rarely need the 2FA code. If you're getting a request for it a lot, that might be something to explore. There might be something you can to to mitigate that. "

Rarely?

On each login to Apple sites, including this one, I'm requested to use the pushed code. How to explore and mitigate this?

This is only on sites which you're logging into your Apple ID, and 2FA is required if you have not logged in in (about) the last 2 weeks. There is no way to circumvent that, other than log in more frequently.