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Did you ever think about two-step verification to increase your password security?

My feeling is that two-step verification is still not very common, although a lot of services are listing this feature. Here you will find them: Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Evernote Dropbox Apple (currently just available in U.S., UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand)  Helpful apps are e.g. Google Authenticator or Authy . Updated my list on 27.02.2014 with some more services Buffer Yahoo! Apple added, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain Updated my list on 10.03.2014 with one more Hootsuite Updated my list on 26.03.2014 tumblr Updated my list on 02.04.2014 APP.NET LinkedIn

Have you ever reconsidered your personal iPhone security policy?

Why should I reconsider my iPhone security policy? I have my iPhone four digit pass code and Find my iPhone feature feature is activated. So how should abuse be possible? What could a thief be doing with my stolen iPhone? Well, possibly quite a lot. At least the bold print bullets in this article should be mandatory for everyone. Of course this is no guarantee for invulnerability but it will improve your security. After watching this video you should consider the following actions: Change your Apple ID rescue mail address and do not add this mail account to your iPhone. Consider to use a proper and usable password policy for your Apple ID like this or this (German article) . Consider a complex pass code for your iPhone. As you can see in the video four digit pass codes can be hacked in no time on iPhone 4. For newer iPhone a leak is not yet known but it is properly there. Definitely do not use these pass codes . Alternative to point three: activate delete iPhone after 10 wrong...