XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.mobile.ipad   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: andrew@spam.net   
      
   Jolly Roger wrote on 2 Sep 2024 18:33:10 GMT :   
      
   >> That's just a fact that you *must* provide Apple a phone number.   
   >> And you *must* have that phone with you for the rest of your life.   
   >> Every time you log into an Apple device.   
   >   
   > Nope, just the very first time. Afterwards there is no need to do 2FA   
   > since the device is remembered from then on.  Also, you can easily   
   > change the 2FA number if/when needed. As usual, Arlen can't write about   
   > anything Apple-related without injecting outright lies into it.   
      
   The fact Jolly Roger resorts to brazen lies tells us what we need to know.   
      
   The fact is, for all new Apple Id's after February of 2023, you *must* for   
   the rest of your life, provide Apple with identifiable 2FA - and for the   
   rest of your life - you can never get out of this privacy ruining   
   requirement of Apple requiring one of your most private identifiers.   
      *For the rest of your life!*   
      
   You're screwed if you don't *always* (for the rest of your life!) carry   
   *both* your Apple device and your 2FA device (usually your cell phone),   
   everywhere you go, whenever you need to log back into your Apple ID.   
      
   FACT   
   No other operating system vendor steals your privacy like Apple does.   
   No other operating system vendor treats its customers like that.   
      
   Just Apple.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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