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iPhone Users - Enable Two-Factor Security Before Friday, April 7

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In the DMV, we're blessed with a talented Mac and Apple professional support guru, Jimmy Obomsawin, https://jimmymacsupport.com/.  From my JimmyMacSupport app, got a warning about a threat from some Turkish hackers to remotely erase iPhones on Friday, May 7.   This has been covered in the trade press too, http://thehackernews.com/2017/03/apple-extortion-icloud-hack.html, http://www.2-spyware.com/attack-on-apple-ransomware-hackers-target-300-million-iphones This threat may or may not be real but provides us a fine excuse to set up an extra layer of security on each of our iPhones that is a good practice in today's world anyway.  Two-factor authentication for Apple ID Here is Jimmy's recent post about this, including steps to take,  https://jimmymacsupport.com/hackers-thre... . I suggest everyone make time to do this just to be on the safe side. Hackers threaten to remotely erase iPhones on April 7 - Thwart them with Two-Fact...