Your iPad has access to Facetime!

[scouser75]

Out of the blue I received a notification today that my iPad has access to Facetime.

Thing is, it's had access to Facetime for years so I'm wondering why all of a sudden this message has appeared.

I checked my devices in Settings / icloud and can't see any additional devices being added.

So why would I have received this notification out of the blue?

My concern is my icloud email account seemed to have been hacked last week as I received a phishing email. I promptly changed my password across all my accounts.

 

[adamlbiscuit]

Have you not used your iPad in some time? I have an old MacBook that I turn on occasionally, and every time I get a notification on my devices saying that a ‘new’ MacBook has been added to FaceTime and iMessage.

I believe it is normal if you go some time without using a device (and having it switched on).

 

[SierraVista]

Did you re-enter your iCloud password on the iPad after changing it? That might have caused the notification.

 

[scouser75]

Thanks guys.

The ipad is used daily. And nope, didn't reenter the password.

I did though 2 days ago change the password. But can there be this much of a delay to get this notification?

 

[Wando64]

Thanks guys.

The ipad is used daily. And nope, didn't reenter the password.

I did though 2 days ago change the password. But can there be this much of a delay to get this notification?

This could be caused by an iOS, or iPadOS upgrade.

 

[scouser75]

This could be caused by an iOS, or iPadOS upgrade.

Unfortunately not on this occasion as I'd updated it quite a while back.

Gotta say, I'm totally baffled and a touch worried due to the dodgy email I received a few days ago.

I did though double check all my signed in devices and they do ring true.

 

[ManuCH]

I've had this happen too for various devices. It even told me that my Apple Watch now has access to iMessage, for no reason at all.

 

[scouser75]

Thanks ManuCH. All of this is peace or mind and I've finally stopped stressing about this 😂