Comment from Glenn Fleishman
This is why you can set up SMS, too. When I verified my iPhone, I used Find My iPhone and SMS. If I lost my iPhone, I just need AT&T to restore my phone number to a new phone, and I'm still ok....
View ArticleComment from Dan Daranciang
Under Apple's scheme, you don't necessarily need to be able to receive an SMS. But if you do not associate an SMS-enabled phone with your Apple ID, or if you are temporarily out of cell range, then you...
View ArticleComment from Chris Marshall
Well now...I remember following EVERYONE'S advice when .mac became iCloud...as I had two Apple ID's (one for purchases and one cos I'd kept my .mac address), I thought I'd be sorted, but now, as you...
View ArticleComment from Dennis B. Swaney
I'm in the same boat - when iTunes Store came out, I created an Apple ID. When Dot Mac came out, I now had another Apple ID; when Dot Mac became MobileMe, I was assigned a new @me.com address and ID;...
View ArticleComment from Jim Sanders
Most of my questions have been asked but no good answers to several: In a corner of AZ with little or no cellular, I have no cellular. I also have no Apple devices other than three Macs. Why cannot...
View ArticleComment from Glenn Fleishman
Get a Skype number and you can receive SMS over the Internet via Skype. http://www.skype.com/en/features/online-number/ It's not super cheap, but it does help solve that problem.
View ArticleComment from Curtis Wilcox
Google will use a landline instead of SMS at least some of the time. I just had to reset a password for a Google account (not one with 2-factor enabled) and it gave me the choice of receiving a text at...
View ArticleComment from Adam Engst
In theory, you should have only two Apple IDs, the one you created for the iTunes Store, and the one associated with your MobileMe/iCloud account. (The fact that you can use mac.com, me.com, and...
View ArticleComment from Adam Engst
I wish I had better advice here, but I'm in exactly the same boat (actually worse, since I have a third Apple ID that Apple forced me to make to work with iTunes Connect for the iBookstore). One of my...
View ArticleComment from Brian S.
Will Apple allow my Android Samsung smartphone to be a "trusted-device" for receiving SMS? Apple's "trusted-device" definition implies yes but I wonder if non-Apple devices are really allowed to play
View ArticleComment from Dennis B. Swaney
Adam, I've heard that SMS spamming is increasing daily. Yes, that one spammer may have quit (but I doubt it since most are robo-spams), but there are thousands more out there. Maybe when the carriers...
View ArticleComment from Adam Engst
I can't imagine there would be any problem at all. SMS is SMS, and there's no way for the sender to know what sort of device is on the receiving end.
View ArticleComment from Adam Engst
I did some research and while SMS spam has been increasing over time, it's not universal. Cloudmark has been doing some of the main research here, and they point to an FTC action in early March to shut...
View ArticleComment from Jay Kappmeier
After a discussion with Apple Tech Support I found that I can initiate two factor authentication on both of my Apple IDs. Like many people I am stuck with an Apple ID for iTunes and one for iCloud....
View ArticleComment from Adam Engst
Good to have that verified - I sort of assumed an SMS number could be used multiple times, but I hadn't tested that. It does help to get around the limitation of iOS devices being linked to only a...
View ArticleComment from Glenn Fleishman
Apple has to allow generic SMS messages because without it, it provides too few methods for recovery, and would lead to too many complaints.The great advantage of having SMS on your account alongside...
View ArticleComment from Simon Allen
I am in favour of second factor authentication. I have this on my other accounts. I have a credit sized dongle that gives a six digit code and for Google there is authenticator. I am just not keen on...
View ArticleComment from Glenn Fleishman
Just to be clear, SMS is one mechanism, but Apple also uses a direct transmission that relies on Find My iPhone's signal path. But I am surprised Apple didn't do the other alternative and offer an...
View ArticleComment from Simon Allen
That is what is I feared. I would much prefer a Dongle or something like Google authenticator.
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