Sanjaya,
Like you, I had a similarly complex 8 digit password of both letters and numbers. I also felt "safe".
Yet about a month ago, I received a n email containing a warning notification that someone had downloaded an app from a computer that was not my usual computer. I verified that the email was from Apple, and that the app was, in fact, purchased.
Gladly, it was only a "free app" that was downloaded. But since I was obviously hacked, costly purchases could have occurred.
Of course, I immediately changed my password; and I also deauthorized all computers. I only have one computer - but yet, more than one was shown authorized; I think three - the only other computer that I used to have authorized I still own, and it is not even connected to the internet, and it does not have iTunes loaded on it anymore.
So, someone somewhere had my iTunes email address (not the one this email is sent from) AND they also had my 8 digit, letters and numbers password, and they had a computer authorized with my information.
My new password is 12 digits, letters and numbers, some caps and some small, etc.... Also, I occasionally check to see if there are new computers authorized.
I agree with others; I thought the new questions were not the best questions, too. But, I am proof that even a relatively complex password can be hacked, so the extra layer of security is not really a bad thing.
Chuck F.
NE PA
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From: Sanjaya Kanoria <wsbunter@gmail.com>
To: "apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com" <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] iTunes users griping about Apple's security questions
Why, pray, do we need these additional security layers? They made me use a password with eight characters of which at least one was a capital letter and one a numeral. I'd think it nigh impossible to break into my account.
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