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From: David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has access to
 iMessage..."
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:41:49 +0100
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On 13/08/2024 16:29, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
>> showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has
>> access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any
>> unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere
>> else? Or a hiccup?
>> :/
> 
> Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into a Mac
> I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't concern you if
> you have a secure password for your Apple ID and are using two-factor
> authentication.

Agreed! I suspect that Ant didn't notice that the reference I provided
was dated LAST year - "Posted on Feb 3, 2023"