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		64mb on Sept 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Update to Celebrity Photo Investigation enables 2FA Apple: "Please wait 3 days to continue." Ugh.

duskwuff on Sept 2, 2014 [–]

Why "ugh"? Introducing a delay makes it much more difficult for an attacker to use 2FA to lock a user out of a compromised account. It's actually a really smart idea.

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