Apple adds back in an option for your Apple ID that can deter hijacking. However, the company hasnu2019t yet updated its password-recovery websites. Avoid for now.

Some of the key concepts behind Advanced Data Protection were introduced in 2020 with iCloud Data Recovery Service.

You will need to enter the trusted phone number associated with your Apple ID. Alternative methods involve using a recovery key or an account recovery contact.

Apple's two-factor authentication is great , but like other services, it relies on a Recovery Key when you get locked out. Without that key, you can' ...

Yesterday we wrote of the perils of losing your Apple ID recovery key when two-factor is enabled and many of you wrote to us as you’d lost yours and didn’t know what to do. The good news is as ...

Some iPhone thieves are exploiting a security setting, called the recovery key, that makes it nearly impossible for owners to access their photos, messages, data and more.

If, like me, you skipped over the recovery key step when switching on two-factor authentication for your Apple ID, thinking that having the password plus a trusted device was sufficient, you’ll ...

He called Apple customer support and was told that he had forfeited his Apple ID by losing his Recovery Key and that there was no way Apple could help him. He called back a second time.