Re:Apple Is Blocking Linux User-Agent on appleid.apple.com
by rhamzeh on Friday February 22, 2019 @01:44PM
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Thanks for the tip!
After reading this, I tried it and it didn't work. Even jumped on a call with support and they told me there is no way to turn on 2FA without the security questions (at least for my account, maybe other accounts can).
The shitty thing is you also delete your account or create a new one with the same email without knowing the security questions.
Oh well :/
Still, thanks for the hope (short-lived as it was).
Re:Apple Is Blocking Linux User-Agent on appleid.apple.com
by wila on Saturday February 23, 2019 @05:12AM
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Strange as I can assure you that this is how I recovered the account. This was on macOS Sierra which might be part of it then System Preferences -> iCloud
The first apple support person I talked to did not know how-to recover the account this way. So it does not seem to be in the scripts.
Re:Apple Is Blocking Linux User-Agent on appleid.apple.com
by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 22, 2019 @03:58PM
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Just a general warning, if you leave two factor on for a set number of days (I can't recall the exact amount), it is impossible to turn off again.
Called them again and another apple employee pointed out that as long as you can login, you can enable 2FA via iCloud (something I'm not using either). Once 2FA is enabled the security questions can be bypassed. Not sure if that required them to change a setting, but from then on you _should_ be able to change anything else, including the security questions or assign another email address or add an extra one or..