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[–] BudgetBandit 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Erm… I’ve been using a Mac for 4 years now and it’s always been like this for me..?

[–] Reverendender 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, it’s been better than either of those things for quite some time now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have had a Mac for about 5 or 6 years now and never used the web interface, I had no idea it existed. Will be checking it out today.

[–] Reverendender 2 points 1 month ago

I don't use it often, but when I need it, it has always worked well for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t use it due to the need to downgrade your iCloud account security settings unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you? I thought you just had to authorize from an Apple device every time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I was too lazy to find the source (but knew it existed) when I wrote that; it’s here at https://support.apple.com/en-us/102630 under the Web Access and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud heading.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you saying enabling the setting to allow web access is downgrading your security? I think the security risk is super minimal. You need physical access to one of your devices to approve access every time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So as much as love Apple to death, unfortunately my iCloud email account that I don’t use anymore has had its information leaked several times over, but I’d rather keep it despite this.

What I don’t want is for it to be even easier to brute force, and I also don’t want to make it easy for Apple (or anyone) to access its data. So for me personally it’s important.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You need physical access to one of your devices to approve web access. If someone had that they could also just turn on the toggle.