After the carry on earlier this week about nude celebrity photographs I thought it might be useful for those who are not too familiar with the Apple OS to post this simple article.
Sam Colt Sep. 6, 2014
"On Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that there would be iCloud security updates. Those updates will alert users when someone tries to access your iTunes or iCloud accounts from a new device. Users will also be alerted when anyone tries to change the password on their account.
That notification system — often called two-step or two-factor authentication — only works for iTunes right now. It will work for iCloud when iOS 8, the new operating system for iPhones and iPads, rolls out this fall. Still, it's something you should set up now.
So, to be clear, two-step authentication won't protect your iCloud photos yet. It will only help protect your iTunes account and keep someone from purchasing music, apps, movies, etc. from the iTunes store using your credit card. iCloud won't be protected until iOS 8 launches.
Enabling two-factor authentication takes a few steps, but they're all easy. "
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