Apple turns on iCloud two-step verification after nude selfie scandal

In an email to iCloud customers on Tuesday, Apple said that third-party applications will still be able to access data in iCloud, but users will have to set up application-specific passwords no later than Oct. 1.

Those passwords allow applications that may not support two-step verification to continue to pull data without inputting the numerical code.

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