---
id: 3781
title: "Enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for Apple ID and DropBox"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2014/09/02/enabling-two-factor-authentication-2fa-for-apple-id-and-dropbox/"
published_at: "2014-09-02T21:00:37Z"
tags: ["dropbox", "guide", "account-security", "2fa", "two-factor-authentication", "apple-id"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3781"
lang: en
---

# Enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for Apple ID and DropBox

## Summary

A guide to enabling SMS-based two-factor authentication on Apple ID and Dropbox accounts, prompted by the 2014 credential compromises; explains how a second factor defeats password-based attacks.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2014-09-02T21:00:37Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2014/09/02/enabling-two-factor-authentication-2fa-for-apple-id-and-dropbox/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3781