How to turn off two factor authentication?

Surely, you're not suggesting Apple encourages or even ******** snarky demeaning remarks from its "volunteers"?

We are all subject to the same rules. Each of us have had content removed by the hosts for violating the terms.

my customers were always right, even when they weren't.

Impossible standard to hold online.

Feelings of entitlement and TLDR have ruined that concept in a public space like this.

99% of the contributions to this 90+ page discussion have been about Apple Policy. Discussing Apple Policy, including how they run the site is not permitted. Their yard, their rules.

Why? Why not? Don't you know who I think I am? I'm outraged. No, seriously, I am really outraged. I will move me and all my friends to Android, just watch me.

The technical support question asked was answered correctly on page 1.

To be clear, the question asked was How to turn off two factor authentication?

The correct answer was provided 12 minutes later and then recommended by Apple, along with a clickable link to the Apple article supporting the answer.

The discussion should have ended there.

Nobody here is my customer. I have no stake in their issue or them so while I’ll help when and where I can, they are not my customer. I don’t work for Apple. I receive no compensation for being here other than personal satisfaction of providing useful information when I can (and often, that information is not what the OP or others may want to hear, but that doesn’t change facts).

Again, users here do not speak for Apple. They speak for themselves. If they violate the TOU, a moderator will take action and edit or delete their posts. But beyond that, people’s voice here is their own, not Apple’s.

'using a Google voice number as one of your trusted numbers'......so IOS relies Google to cover a flaw in IOS processes.

That is so funny on all levels.... maybe they could as Google to fix IOS for them.

Yes they can. You don’t need a cellular connection at all to receive Apple 2FA codes. All you need is an internet connection, which can be a cellular data internet connection, or any internet connection.

Apple 2FA codes by default are sent as Encrypted iCloud Notifications over an end to end encrypted internet connection to any Apple device you have as a trusted device (be it iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac) and which has an internet connection.

People who own no other Apple device then a Mac can readily use 2FA with their AppleID.

And what’s wrong with using any other telephone number you want to as a backup contact number? That just makes sense to always register a fail-safe backup voice or SMS number, and a google voice number certainly fills that bill.

And yet those who do not support Apple Speak have their post's moderated while the posts of those who do Apple Speak are unmodified.

I am wondering why the Apple Speak posters are even engaged in the topic if they have no solution.

ios_is_a_pain wrote:

'using a Google voice number as one of your trusted numbers'......so IOS relies Google to cover a flaw in IOS processes.

That is so funny on all levels.... maybe they could as Google to fix IOS for them.

2FA, not iOS, can use a phone number as a backup.

That it's a Google number is irrelevant. Using your logic you could also think that 2FA relies on AT&T, Sprint or any other provider of a phone service.

Facts matter.

That you don't like 2FA does not mean it's flawed. 100s of millions of 2FA users around the world use it successfully every day.

Would you care to educate me:

Who is/are "Apple Speak" poster(s)?

We do not work for Apple.

We do not get paid by Apple.

We are volunteers - simply other users.

So we cannot change anything regarding Apple policies or features or whatever.

This is NOT Apple support.

And yes, you are misinformed, most of us have had posts edited or deleted.

ios_is_a_pain wrote:

And yet those who do not support Apple Speak have their post's moderated while the posts of those who do Apple Speak are unmodified.

I am wondering why the Apple Speak posters are even engaged in the topic if they have no solution.

anyone ignoring the terms may be moderated.

THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION ASKED.

I am wondering why you can't understand that.

And name calling reveals more then you think.

Apple senior support can't tell me how to do that, so if you can tell me how that would be great, problem solved (and i would recommend Apple pay you for providing the support that four of their support staff have not been able too).

I have one Ipad in a fixed location, one portable i take with me, neither has cellular, and i don't always have the phone with me when i using the Ipad. Both Ipad regularly request a verification code if i change a setting or down load an App....the request goes to the other Ipad (apple support advise i can somehow get this text to my phone, but don't always have the (android) phone with me anyway).

thanks

i don't mind putting in my password or getting the verification code from my email address, as i have access to these on both ipads.

The solution is to avoid 2FA and use Microsoft /Google devices for official and business activity, and to give the Apple products to the kids for toy and social media since that is the age level Apple products are most suitable for.

I am insulted. I do not use either of my iPad Pros for business - I am retired. I also do not use social media, I refuse to do business with companies whose only income is derived from selling my information. But I do like to think that my IQ and general knowledge and education level is a bit beyond a child's age.

I do regularly use them to stream foreign language content which means you must be proficient in foreign languages.

Kindly read the ToU.

I reply to you’re reply, He isn’t doing anything wrong I suspect. I have exactly the same issue constantly asking to sign in and Apple have checked the setup on several occasions and found no faults.

2FA is a great idea used in many forms over many platforms, however Apple is by far the most intrusive and the most unreliable.

It has improved over the last few months but still fall far short of useable.

The-wolf wrote:

The biggest part of my daily events are based upon ethical security penetration and can only say that ANY security measure that requires any form of over air hand shake is by its very nature insecure.

Which is why Apple doesn't use SMS on iOS or Mac devices.

Any professional will tell you the truth offensive security is always the best and that starts with the device itself.

So, you're suggesting that Apple doesn't have security professionals on staff? That they're just making this up?

Of course the device itself is the weak link in the chain. Always has been since the first IBM PC’s went on sale. Several years ago, Pew research published results of a survey of smart phone use and found that nearly half of all smart phone users did not use a device passcode at all. The FBI has had warnings on their web site about it too - pointing out that one of the driving forces in smart phone theft is access to the data on them, and has nothing to do with the physical hardware value at all. Thieves in large cities just steal smart phones in bulk, tossing the locked ones, and stripping data from the unlocked ones to be used in identity theft.

There is nothing online account servers can do about that. So all they can do is secure the data you choose to put on their systems.

Google uses SMS and email for their 2 factor codes. Most banks are using SMS. Apple’s end to end encrypted iCloud notification system is by far the most secure 2 factor system currently in use by anyone. But Apple cannot do a thing about people who don’t or won’t secure their own physical hardware.

And I simply don’t understand what people are doing that requires frequent, constant 2FA codes. I have 2 Macs, 3 iPads and 2 iPhones and I need a 2FA code maybe once every month or two.

And I simply don’t understand what people are doing that requires frequent, constant 2FA codes. I have 2 Macs, 3 iPads and 2 iPhones and I need a 2FA code maybe once every month or two.

Our friend has previously admitted major usage in weak signal areas.