[dba-Tech] VPN

Tue Dec 1 14:41:41 CST 2020

Well that would work if it let me turn on the two factor
authentication which it will not without answering the questions.  The
iPad is working OK.  The new iPhone is working fine.  I'm hesitant to
muck it up.  I do fully admit that I SHOULD have recorded the answers
to the security questions.  I probably DID.  But I lost them if I did.
I didn't understand the importance or the inability to adjust them
later.  My expectation was that she would have been able to put her
own real answers in later.  I didn't realize that they were the end
all for Apple Security.  Which they no longer are as it's all been
replaced by the two factor authentication.  Only I can't turn it on
unless I can trick it somehow.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 2:28 PM <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> seems like you can fix this problem by using the iPad if it's logged into
> icloud by accepting approving the login from her phone or web browser.
> start at: https://appleid.apple.com/ then authorize your session from the
> iPad.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 7:19 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > No.  Screw the two factor authentication for the time being.  Account
> > is working fine.  I got her a new(er) iPhone.  11 verses 6.  She
> > needed upgrade to be able to load the covidaware MN app.  There is a
> > hack that supposedly allows the account to switch to two factor
> > without going through the questions but I only tried it once and it
> > didn't work.  Her new phone is working fine so I'm taking the don't
> > screw with it attitude.  She is not hugely tied to her phone or her
> > apple ID although she has both iPhone and iPad that share that ID.  We
> > will stand pat at this point.
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 9:14 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Have to abandon that account and generate a new Apple ID, then?
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 7:01 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > And the answer was.....tough hop.  We can't reset "the questions"  Fuck
> > > > Apple.
> > > >
> > > > GK
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 8:59 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I went through Apple ID Hell today with Marty's account.  They want
> > > > > answers to Security Questions which I knowingly entered BS answers
> > too
> > > > > many years ago in order to turn on "Two Factor Authentication" which
> > > > > everyone acknowledges is the way to go.  I have the email the account
> > > > > is registered to.  I have the password.  I have the credit card it's
> > > > > tied too.   I do not know the answers to "who was your first friend
> > in
> > > > > grade school?" or "who was your first boss?"  none of which were
> > > > > entered with remotely valid information.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 8:55 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > They never take much money -- but it's still a nuisance because you
> > > > have to open a new account and wait for your cards. ☹
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Susan H.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well then you are in a different situation........
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 8:49 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We've had our bank account hacked a few times, but not in the
> > last
> > > > > > > year -- but there's no way to know if it was an online
> > transaction
> > > > > > > that was used or someone stealing our info while using it out --
> > no
> > > > way to know.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Susan H.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > PC Magazine thinks we all need it
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > https://www.pcmag.com/news/do-i-need-a-vpn-at-home
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think it's good if you are trying to hide shit.  But I'm still
> > not
> > > > > > > convinced it's worth the BS
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > https://www.howtogeek.com/133680/htg-explains-what-is-a-vpn/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 8:39 PM Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Is someone stealing your internet wifi?  If you use public wifi
> > > > then
> > > > > > > > a VPN make sense.  Otherwise it's overkill IN MY OPINION.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 8:36 PM Susan Harkins <
> > ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm wondering what the need is for a VPN in a private home.
> > I do
> > > > a
> > > > > > > > > lot of online shopping and banking, but I have no reason to
> > > > > > > > > encrypt work files or emails -- it would be solely a way to
> > > > > > > > > protect pins, password, etc. it seems like overkill, but the
> > dh
> > > > just asked about it.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Susan H.
> > > > > > > > >
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