"Forgot" Apple ID Security Questions.

[Intelligent]

I "forgot" my security questions for my Apple ID. The reason i put it in quotes is because i only remember answering 2 security questions, but when i go onto "password and security" on The apple ID login website it sometimes asks me questions i have never answered. What do i do?

 

[AZhappyjack]

I "forgot" my security questions for my Apple ID. The reason i put it in quotes is because i only remember answering 2 security questions, but when i go onto "password and security" on The apple ID login website it sometimes asks me questions i have never answered. What do i do?

You can reset it at: http://iforgot.apple.com

or

Enjoy your paperweight.

 

[whsbuss]

Its better to implement the 2-step verification once you get back in.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Contact support. They won't have a problem resetting them for you as long as you provide accurate name/address/phone numbers/etc information on file.

 

[Intelligent]

Its better to implement the 2-step verification once you get back in.

Yeah, thats what i want to do.

 

[Brian Y]

Yeah, thats what i want to do.

Just contact Apple support. They'll verify that you are who you say you are and get you in.

 

[dasx]

Something similar happened to me. I wanted to change my password and when I had to answer my 3 questions I couldn't seem to find the right answer, even though I remembered it pretty clearly.

Called support and got it sorted out, but man, it was a pain in the ass. It takes a lot of steps and time to reset these things. Next thing you know they'll ask you to send a DNA sample.

It's a good thing I guess, security is always good... although... not the best week to talk about Apple's security. lol

 

[tigres]

You can reset it at: http://iforgot.apple.com

or

Enjoy your paperweight.

that resets your password, and in no way helps the OP. He needs to implement 2 step, and if you forgot your questions/answers your screwed without speaking to apple. Which, I have personally been trying to do for 2 hours for my wife's account.

1st call was hold for 20 minutes, then the phone system at apple transferred to a mailbox that was not set up yet... wtf.

their support has become less than stellar like it used to be by phone.

 

[whsbuss]

that resets your password, and in no way helps the OP. He needs to implement 2 step, and if you forgot your questions/answers your screwed without speaking to apple. Which, I have personally been trying to do for 2 hours for my wife's account.

1st call was hold for 20 minutes, then the phone system at apple transferred to a mailbox that was not set up yet... wtf.

their support has become less than stellar like it used to be by phone.

If you have a local Apple store you can get it resolved there.

 

[DipDog3]

Its better to implement the 2-step verification once you get back in.

A good thing about 2-step verification is that it doesn't use security questions, so you don't have to remember them anymore.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Hope Apple gets it fixed for you asap, OP. I recently went in and changed the answers on my security questions. And instead of the usual 2 questions, I had 3 this time.

Maybe if you send Apple a nude selfie they will expedite your case.

 

[impaler]

Security has been such a hot topic lately, that I took the time to implement iCloud keychain, for every online account I can think of, and two-factor authentication, not just for Apple, but for Facebook, Dropbox, Twitter, and any other site that lets me do it.

I use 12-24 character, very complex passwords for every account...and keychain has been flawless across my iOS and Mac devices. The pain in the butt was setting up apps on iOS to take the passwords; which I was able to copy from the keychain under Safari settings into the app. Once set up, typically don't need to put them in again and again.

Like I said, a huge pain to set up, but now that it's in place, I feel much more secure.

 

[ICEBreaker]

SUMMARY:

This is so frustrating!!!!
1. Damn those stupid questions.
2. Keeps saying my answers are incorrect when they could not be.
3. Don't give me the option to reset.


I am so sick and tried of these idiotic security questions. Which moron thought it would be a good idea to ask questions to answers that any close acquaintances would know or could be guessed with brute force? A shame that Apple would also adopt this approach. Anyway, I've never used real answers and made my own.

I've been trying to set up 2-FA on Apple for ages, but gave up each time because I had to deal with those security questions before getting to the 2-FA set up. And every time I answer those questions, they would say my answers were wrong. Well they couldn't be wrong because I copy and pasted those answers from a text file.

According to the Apple KB, users can reset their security questions. My problem is that after even after I have already entered in an "incorrect" answer once, the option to reset the questions don't even appear.

WTF???? So sick and tired of this. I love Apple, but on this instance, I have to say F!@#$%^ APPLE!