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ja27 on Sept 3, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Notes on the Celebrity Data Theft

Except the article seems to be saying that Apple's two-factor auth isn't required to access iCloud backups and that it only protects account details, payment methods, etc.

IBM on Sept 3, 2014 [–]

Adding two-factor gets rid of the security questions and would have prevented them from getting the password though.

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