Stop iPhone Account Password Changes - Do This Now!

[@zollotech]

Quite a few have asked how they can secure against changing your iCloud or Apple ID password on iPhone. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching, it is always appreciated.

[@wisdomyaw03]

The fact of the matter is that, there really isn't anything Apple can do about it now besides making it impossible to recover your AppleID in the event that you forget your iCloud password. Some people say that Apple should request for your old AppleID password when trying to change your password. The problem here is that, by doing so you can't gain access to your AppleID again if you forget your password. If someone gains access to your iPhone password/passcode they can still change your AppleID password without going into settings. All they have to do is try to login to your iCloud through the web, and go through the "forgot password" method. They'll receive the two factor authentication code through SMS or mail on the same iPhone and change your iCloud password. The only viable solution is to protect your iPhone password/passcode as much as possible.

[@kaye51797]

Thank you this helpful

[@Jamesytdjv]

Thank you very much for this information. Keep up the great work.

[@Crazy-77]

Or the lady that got her Apple ID locked out, could’ve just used a more complicated password instead of a 4digit password. She wouldn’t have been a victim. I see many people use the 4 digit number passcode, it’s just ridiculous how little awareness they have.

[@iwalinski2]

Thanks for the informative video Aaron, I was wondering can somebody remotely change your passcode or Apple ID password through malware or some kind of malicious software sent to your Iphone :? Do you have an idea?

[@SiEffen]

I saw this "vulnerability" a few weeks ago on another channel and until then never knew this was a thing. Thanks for getting the message out. Why Apple have taken a decision to require you to enter your password in order to use the app store but not to change your password is madness!

[@ColonelLucario]

I saw that with WSJ video It’s a huge security issue And if Apple allows this is because the iPhone is considered as a « safe » device But the old password must ALWAYS been entered to know for sure it’s you I hope it will be fixed as soon as possible

[@Damariobros]

@@ColonelLucario If they absolutely MUST make it so you don't have to enter your old password, perhaps for in case you forget your password, then they need to add back in secret questions. The old legacy 2-Step Verification will ask you for secret questions when you attempt to enter iCloud settings from an iPhone or iPad, it's why my iCloud account doesn't have this vulnerability, I still have the legacy 2-Step Verification enabled.

[@ColonelLucario]

@@Damariobros security questions are a security issues since people can social engineer and get those « security » answers

[@Damariobros]

@@ColonelLucario Doesn't mean they need to get rid of the 6-digit code 2FA, just means, there needs to be secret questions or some other kind of verification for when you're accessing sensitive Apple ID settings from an Apple device. It'll stop them from just seeing your passcode and snatching your phone. If that's combined with 2FA then perhaps this vulnerability can be patched.

[@TheCherrybuster]

@@ColonelLucario you’re just paranoid that’s it

[@m.l.5235]

this video is right on time. i'm going to a club on saturday so i'm setting this up right now. thanks a lot!

[@rustychain9518]

Great tip, it seems as though a secondary passcode of some sort to change the password would be a simple fix for Apple to initiate.

[@richard8506]

Great video, Aaron. I hope you realize how much we appreciate all the wonderful work you do

[@chargerman165]

Aaron I have watched your videos for a long time now and may I say enjoyed all of them but this is the best and most informative of all. I just watch a video with someone who interviewed a female that her phone was taken in a bar and she was locked out of EVERYTHING in her iCloud account including her MacBook and could not retrieve anything she had including valuable photos which she had stored. They even broke into her financial accounts and stole thousands of dollars. Thank you and this method seems very valuable

[@shirleywells6622]

Thank you for providing a workaround to prevent anyone from changing our passcodes. I've shared your video with family and friends.

[@vblack7372]

Well done. So many KZbinrs have a drawn out process for something everyone already knows about. This is actually good advice I wasn’t aware of/didn’t think of presented quickly. Thank you

[@ZengoMay]

Excellent advice thank you! Passwords in settings are still vulnerable if someone knows your Passcode. Is there a way to stop/restrict access to Passwords?

[@LM-lj2cf]

I had set up a recovery key specifically to tackle this issue a year ago. If I recall correctly the recovery key was needed to change the password however I just checked it and it no longer asks for it meaning that I have to do this now. Thanks Aaron!

[@zollotech]

For some reason Apple doesn't ask for it. Very odd

[@LM-lj2cf]

@@zollotech apparently it’s only used as a last resort option to get back into your account in case you have no other options available (such as another device, or knowing your password/code)

[@mf269]

Yes please!! More security videos!! Thank you! 🔥🔥🔥

[@jonschmidt7589]

So if you can turn off the screen time button without entering that four digit code, what good did the secondary password do you?

[@_leonard_]

Congratulations on discovering and showing this method for not being able to change the Apple id password so easily. It's becoming a very common problem with iPhone theft. Hoping for a future update from Apple.

[@gabrielpeters6302]

This can be bypassed by going to forgot passcode in screen time and entering your Apple ID and and selecting forgot password. It will ask for your phones passcode and even with screen time on, your Apple ID can be located in the app store settings.

[@douglasbrittain7018]

Can't you add a recovery key to your account to prevent this?

[@fritzlb]

That’s why when asked you should tap „cancel“ instead of entering your Apple ID for recovering the code. There‘ll be a popup asking if you‘re sure you‘ll have to click away. That way resetting the password using your Apple ID is somehow still possible, but not without your Apple ID password.

[@fritzlb]

Oh, I just tested this: even then, knowing your Apple ID Mail is sufficient to reset the Apple ID password then. Just a little harder. Sadly you‘re absolutely right, hope Apple fixes this asap

[@willykyu]

I just went to iCloud through Safari, entered the remembered password with the code as i hid Face ID recognition, entered my phone passcode, and voila. I went through the link leading to Apple ID’s page. And i could also enter the previous remembered Apple ID password through phone passcode. One way to prevent this might be to prevent the iphone to remember iCLoud password. What do you think ?

[@XMguy]

Sadly he’s right. It’s a bit of a work around to get there. But this does lead back to the local iPhone passcode.

[@sādhaka1]

Thank you for the very informative video. In still getting the option of change screen time password below content and privacy restriction.

[@a_croft_]

Clear and concise instructions. Easy to remember when disabling screen time to personally access my account. Then locking it back. Major props! Brilliant technique Aaron!! Shared with the family on our group text. I might share to Facebook after securing my account first.

[@ragetobe]

Unfortunately if you read the comments this can be circumnavigated very easily.

[@caio2423]

Facebook in 2023??????

[@tbcgbvcb]

Would screentime pass code stop someone from changing my appleid password on the web or from any of my other apple devices?

[@jasunto]

Does this work for "Settings>Face ID & Passcode" also? I haven't tried so just asking.

[@sebastianforkuoh2354]

Thanks for this security tip. Going to enable the feature right away. Great analysis as always 👊🏿

[@sjlopez87]

Thank you for this. Is this an option for iPad?

[@mitchd6225]

This is fantastic! Thank you. I have been nervous since the tv program discussing what happened to the person in New York. Appreciate the awesome videos!

[@alethemodel4life]

How has Apple not notice about this? So many security updates, but all of that is pointless if someone can literally just change your Apple ID or iCloud Password with just knowing you Passcode? Apple clearly didn't think that one through, yet they have been pushing several security patches as well as updates, but this literally throws all those updates to waste. Thanks for this video! I was not expecting for Apple to miss that one. I feel like I'm more secure when I watch your videos than when I actually update my phone, which clearly is useless if someone can just change your Apple passwords if they know your passcode. WOW APPLE SERIOUSLY?!?! I'm concerned about Apple's security now... It isn't all that great after all

[@joacn]

Good to spread this! Apples said that this is exactly how they want the “feature” to be, so I won’t hope for a fix soon

[@josiahstearns9615]

Love the added variety of outro music in recent uploads, Aaron! 👌. Your old outro wasn’t bad but it’s nice to switch it around.

[@zollotech]

Glad you like it!

[@leapstonee8823]

Does this disable Apple ID password change requests from alternate devices? Such someone else going onto a computer and trying to change my Apple ID password remotely?

[@zollotech]

No.

[@rahulram841]

Thanks Aaron... I changed setting and shared too with my family.. 👍

[@isaacjmcknight]

Man, am I glad I’m subscribed to you. 🙏

[@viazel2796]

Me, too!

[@warez1896]

Apple must require users to provide current password first before entering the new one.

[@mcplar1971]

Not using the iPhone. Just need the phone’s current passcode

[@Stephs2xPawsUp]

Great video. Thanks. My only question, is when I back up my phone, I would go to settings & click my name & back up. How would I do that now if it is greyed out so I can no longer.

[@Anonymous-hg7bv]

Thanks for this. Will this change prevent my iPhone from forcing me to change my Lock Screen passcode every 6 months?

[@MN-oy9dr]

great tip Aaron! never knew this was even posible to do. THNX 😀👍

[@julianvillarreal1450]

Nice explaining, Aaron.

[@zollotech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@julianvillarreal1450]

Yep!

[@a_croft_]

I thought so too. I shared the video with my whole family.

[@ADILSHAIKH52023]

Superb Amazing video very much helpful it is we all need this tips and trick kind of Videos😊👍

[@ropeysubstance1719]

would this affect someone who has Face ID turned on?

[@onoone58]

The only problem that still exist is you can still go to settings then passwords and use the same phone passcode you use to unlock your phone to unlock that folder and gain access to all your passwords saved in your keychain you use for safari. Apple needs to do the same exact thing they did with screen time. Set the password folder in settings to use a different passcode and not the one used to access your device so no one that knows your passcode to your device can get access to your password folder. There is not a way to block that password folder in screen time that I know of which makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. I'm surprised that Apple has not looked into this problem yet.

[@sungfra]

Great advice. I am going to set that up on all my Apple devices right the way. Thanks

[@avenged110]

I find it somewhat amusing that if you don’t use a device passcode, as I don’t, none of those iCloud account-related settings can be changed without the AppleID password, which seems like a better method for authentication in the first place.

[@karlsenpal]

Great Aaron, as always. I've been wondering how to solve this for some weeks now.

[@patcostello3882]

Thanks Aaron ❤- With my iphone SE3 I was also asked for my Apple ID for setting up Passcode for Screen time.

[@guyparkin7160]

Great video and it's greatly appreciated. Is there something similar for Android phones too?

[@Richard_Barnes]

So get this..... I had done this but I forgot how, so I made a mess of screentime by turning it off and losing all my history which really annoyed me, because I couldn't remember how to unlock it again. 🤦🏻‍♂ Now your video appears explaining it all. Brilliant! Thx Aaron 👍🏻😄

[@1plus68hehe]

Great tip! More people should know about this!

[@Perfection100]

Nice video Aaron! Simple explanation!

[@zollotech]

Glad it helped!

[@ajitpatel9106]

I'm watching this video from London UK. FANTASTIC video. You got a subscriber from London

[@WizardOfWor]

This is *_exactly_* what I'll do once I get my hands on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Thanks a lot!

[@MrDsalomon]

This could be an important question for many users. Your idea in this video is ingenious, but I heard that in iso 18, there is no setting to change screen time passcode. What can you tell us about it. Thanks.

[@georgigeorgiev3224]

Hey Aaron, I just got a iPhone 14 pro Max and I really like the always on display but I’ve been wondering if it could cause screen burn in?

[@zollotech]

No it shouldn’t. Apple has different things in place to prevent it

[@georgigeorgiev3224]

@@zollotech alright thanks for the answer!

[@lwbatts]

Thanks. I did what you suggested then I realized that with the iPhone password they still have access to my passwords even with the screen time password on. I do have a lot of passwords stored in Apple’s password feature. Any way to lock that down?

[@wdashwor]

I don't think there is, and this really limits the usefulness of this method, unfortunately. But at least thieves would still be unable to get into the iCloud account and turn off Find My, so the phone should still be able to be remotely erased.

[@Said-oc8yy]

Good job, direct and effective solution Thanks

[@adegbenroagoro5180]

I was digging around in ACCESSIBILITY and came across the RECOVERY KEY (28 character). Are you using it?

[@neilleftarm2976]

Thank you so much for this very clear video. Slow and clear, very easy to understand. Hope you can have a video on how to install an app thru webkit.

[@sushilskolia]

Similar thing was discussed in wall street journal video. Finally a solution!

[@wolfsonryan]

Thank you thank you! This is great! I was hoping for a workaround for this very issue! It doesn’t seem like it would be so difficult if the unlock phone pwd is separate from a pwd to get into your iCloud.

[@ofcourseimfullofit]

What about security keys? Is that safer?

[@oxygon2850]

You didn't show... i dont have an iphone but do you have to enter your screentime passcode to "just turn" off? does it ask you for your screentime pass for this?

[@djdanny9000]

Thanks for the tip thanks to this video I have enabled this feature as I take online security very seriously. Because I use 2FA but Not SMS 2FA I use apps and security keys.

[@sunnymittra]

Brilliant boss … this is really helpful

[@Bigsteve2482]

Will this work on MacBook Pro or Mac mini?

[@JJBonifacio]

Very precise no need to download anything

[@pamendez3]

Is this only an issue if someone physically has your phone?

[@BarryDocherty]

Brilliant! Apple needs to jump on this vulnerabilirty toute suite

[@Klaasvaneenshonie]

Sadly this only obfuscates it because you can still quite easily find your Apple ID email and phone number. And then you can reset it in settings and disable this. Same obviously goes for your password manager etc because you have your email on your phone and your phone receives confirmation texts. But this will hopefully buy you some time to mark it stolen.

[@angeloc.404]

Yes, please pin up this message!

[@phillipsstanley]

Thanks for this but didnt know a solution to this problem now I feel better about having my phone out in crowded public spaces where this kind of theft takes place.

[@davidsherman3462]

Thanks. I changed my Mac and Ipad with this video.

[@phillipjames453]

Thank You! You are more helpful than Apple regarding this urgent and important issue.

[@galaxychildeustass1210]

In Aaron We Trust 🙌🏾

[@gildarts70]

Wow great video. Thankyou for this.❤

[@elizabethkearvell8289]

Thank you Aaron..these things are so important..this old lady is more secure now..🙂👍

[@Davemac1116]

Can a hacker log in remotely or is this only if someone knows your phone passcode and uses your phone ?

[@piteshmistry9957]

Thanks for this vid! :) Also, would it not make sense for Apple, after entering the passcode to then enter your old password as well before entering your new password. Wouldn't that help in terms of security?

[@pryingi]

What about locking down “passwords”? If they get your security code to enter your phone all your website passwords are there’s too!

[@sllick]

Can you do this from a different device

[@QAZA4590]

Thank you very much. Please we need more educated videos like thais. Again I really appreciated. 😊

[@_aisolo]

This is awesome stuff Aaron. I activated mines now. Super useful. Do you plan to do more of these security type videos or nah? A mac mini/macbook etc security video would be cool to make those even more secure. or even ipad.. i'm sure most of the settings for iphone can apply for ipad/mac. but i did see some more security settings on my mac mini. and was wondering on those. they actually hacked my mom's whatsapp today and thankfully I helped her recover it. but wild that you then posted this video lol so now im paranoid activating security features even tho I personally try to have as much security features enabled..But I wasn't aware of this one. Great stuff

[@bodyconceptsbyangelo3567]

How about a update on this!

[@avvn9331]

Thanks for the tip, didn't know this , hope apple comes up with a pass code for screen time with alpha numeric pass code similar to pass code options for the phone

[@anuchass1919]

Hi have you seen the comment question from yesterday thanks

[@Katkayz]

Great tips , please make more of this kind

[@OmarOmar-hi3ng]

Hi , im having difficulty changing my passcode , after going through the steps u provide, when im trying to change my passcode it keeps saying wrong , when im typing the correct passcode?

[@tishbouvier]

Thank you so much that was such a great help in securing my phone. I truly appreciate this.

[@adegbenroagoro5180]

Thank you very much for this concise and easy to follow video. I’ve implemented it.

[@vijayendransundravel2125]

Wonderful video right in time. 😊. Thanks.

[@davegibbo]

Great video but How come facetime is greyed out in the settings?

[@serafinonuc4227]

Is there a way to protect keychain?

[@iangrech8789]

Simply awesome. Thanks, liked this😊😊😊

[@ve2bcw351]

I use the screen time method, it’s fine for icloud but they still have access to keychain!

[@visserswp]

Great solution for now 👏🏻

[@iikittyplayz841]

Great video! Keep it up!

[@bigdog44b4u]

Excellent work around. Thank you.

[@ZengoMay]

I need some help! I’ve followed your advice and changed settings to secure my phone. Now I need to sign put of my Apple ID account. I’ve switched off all settings in ‘Screen Time’ but I still cannot sign out of my account, I get the following message; ‘Sign-out is not available due to restrictions’. I have checked and double checked in Screen Time everything is switched off. Any ideas Aaron or followers?

[@hArtyTruffle]

Thanks Aaron 👍🏼

[@sorinbanu]

Great Aaron! Thank you very much for this video!

[@Aesprtin]

There is a way to get around this. There's a way to change the screen time password with the Apple ID password. And even if they didn't know the Apple ID password, they can reset the Apple ID password by sending an email to the phone. At least that's what I found in my experience. Unless there's something here I'm missing.

[@CyberMedics]

Have you found a way to prevent someone from accessing your Apple ID and changing the password? Thanks for pointing out the flaw in this.

[@mielvillar5938]

@@CyberMedics Don't use your main email address as Apple ID account and don't log in your Apple ID email on your iPhone, in any email app. Also, don't set your daily driver sim as trusted number on your iPhone. Your trusted number should be in another device, or it can be in the iPhone but you have to turn the sim off and set a sim pin so the bad guy can't access it.

[@steviejackson777]

New issue - logged into apple id via safari using on phone password while all screentime options were activated as do not allow.

[@Roadglide938]

Any help on IPhone constantly asking to enter your Apple ID? Every time I enter it within 15 minutes or so it pop back up. I’m on 16.3.1

[@nightlore000]

Thank you posting Aaron. You're much appreciated. .

[@viazel2796]

Please do make more videos like this one! I'm new to Apple Ecosystem and have been following your recommended suggestions! Thank you 👑

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

It cracked me up a long time ago when the so called Genius Bar had no idea about this. They were dumbfounded. 😂

[@b777traveler]

This locks you out of FaceTime settings amongst other System settings. The biggest no go was the removing Face ID unlock

[@trevorbrad]

Love this tip Aaron! I’ve been using this feature for years for the same reason, but as I’m not a KZbinr I have kept the secret to myself 😬