In a little-noticed change that arrived with iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, Apple re-enabled the option to have a recovery key associated with an Apple ID. The Apple ecosystem ...

A complex but concerning method of gaining control over a user's iPhone and permanently locking them out the device appears to be on the rise, CNN reported. Some iPhone thieves are exploiting a ...

Apple's standard data-safety practices, along with its new ultra-secure protection option, come with some risk if you forget your Apple ID password. Here's what to do if that happens. It might happen ...

How to keep your PC encryption key safe - from Microsoft and the FBI ...

BitLocker locked me out of my PC after a system update, but the recovery key saved me. I found it on my Microsoft account under the device’s details and used it to unlock each encrypted drive. It’s a ...

iPhone thieves are using the "recovery key" to get into Apple accounts and log users out. If the security tool is enabled, users could lose everything stored on an Apple device. Two people previously ...