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Tighter phone security will come to Apple in wake of iCloud hack

Apple and Amazon both suspended over-the-phone password resets Wednesday, but now Apple has confirmed that in the wake of a Wired writer's iCloud hack, tougher, permanent security measures are coming. "We've temporarily suspended the ability to reset AppleID passwords over the phone," Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman, told the Los Angeles Times. "When we resume over-the-phone password resets, customers will be required to provide even stronger identity verification to reset their passwords."This should come as a relief to AppleID users who watched Mat Honan's digital life erased as hackers -...

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Published By: Tech Radar - Wednesday, 8 August, 2012

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