Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple asking for new password on some browsers Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 20:14:34 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 10:14:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6f3672e7f0d11d7bbd24c74b8633418d"; logging-data="289117"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/U+B6j+A4SPlz1sLlarAsZd747sorPih0=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:7JG9K3sTQSLtiCYa0z6MT2urqCo= Bytes: 3013 On 2024-07-07 06:01:11 +0000, Your Name said: > On 2024-07-07 04:52:11 +0000, Connor Shannon said: > >> Hi this isn't really a Mac system problem I don't think but maybe. >> >> I usually have a tab open for iCloud on my iMac in Firefox. Today I >> tried to use it and it had signed me out, okay that happens sometimes. >> But when I tried to log in it said: >> >> This Apple ID has been locked for security reasons. >> You must unlock your account before signing in. >> >> If I click on Unlock Account it puts me to the Reset Password page. >> >> I've had to change my password sometimes but I don't remember it ever >> saying "security reasons" when I did. >> >> I took off all the Apple and iCloud cookies in Firefox but I got the >> same message. But here's the weird thing: I tried logging in from >> Safari and it was fine. (I forget but I might have used TouchID.) Same >> thing on my MacBook: I get the error message in FF but Safari is fine. >> (I definitely used TouchID with Safari on the MacBook.) >> >> Oh I just tried Chrome on the MacBook and got the error message there too. >> >> I just opened Apple TV on my Roku and it didn't ask me for a new >> password I was able to see all my purchases just fine. >> >> Is there something different with FF and Chrome b'cuz it doesn't use >> TouchID, or does any body know whats going on? Thank you. > > Could be fine of could be a phising scam. ^^ ... fine or could be ... Damn typos! :-( > First thing I'd do is immediately change the iCloud password using a > trusted browser - Safari on any Mac or iOS/iPadOS device - by going > directly to iCloud.com. Then try logging directly into iCloud.com on > Firefox and/or Chrome (not via some potentially weird error > window/button). > > Next, maybe check any recently installed add-ons in Firefox/Chrome and > get rid of any you don't need or recognise.