How to adjust parental controls on your PlayStation 4

Keep your kids safe, even while they wage war across the galaxy.

Do you have young ones around the house and would like a little more control over the various types of media that they are consuming on the PlayStation 4? You have options. Sony has provided a good amount of parental settings which can be pretty easy to adjust once you know what you’re doing. If you would like to dig into the parental settings on your PlayStation then check out the following.

One handy tool that PlayStation provides is the ability to create profiles for each member of your family and adjust control settings for each of them individually.

Creating your Family

From the main page go to Settings

Scroll down and select Parental Controls/Family Management

Select Family Management

Choose Set Up Now.

For a new profile, scroll down and select Create New User.

To add an existing profile to your family choose the corresponding profile on the right.

Enter the family member’s username and birth date. Birthdate is important if you intend to restrict use based on age.

Once you confirm name and age you will be taken to the page to adjust restrictions for your family.

Adjusting Restrictions for each family member individually

From the Parental Controls/Family Management page, you can select individual family members. Once you have chosen a family member you can adjust settings to control the following

Communicating with Other Players – Here you can control whether or not your family member can chat or message with other players on the PlayStation Network

Viewing Content Created by Other Players – If you would like to block you a family member from viewing video and images shared by other PlayStation Network users you will do that here.

Age Filtering for Online Content – This setting is used to block access to items in the PlayStation store by age. You can also restrict access to the online features of games by age.

Monthly Spending Limit – If you want to give your family members a monthly allowance for spending in the PlayStation store then this is where you will do that.

Age Level for Games – Here you can which games with ESRB parental control restrictions can be played by this family member. There are a number of age ranges which can be selected. The lower the level you choose, the tighter the restriction.

Age Level for Blu-ray Disc and DVD videos – These settings work the same as the Age Level for Games setting. However, they apply to Blu-ray and DVDs. Again, the lower the level you choose, the tighter the restriction.

Use of PlayStation VR – Here you can choose whether or not to allow children under the age, of 12 to utilize the PlayStation VR headset.

Use of Internet Browser – With this setting, you can allow or disallow use of the PlayStation web browser altogether.

Hopefully, this will give a little more control over the types of activities that are engaged in on your family console and in turn give you some piece of mind.
If you have any further questions about family control settings on your PS4, feel free to post in the comments.

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Huawei Mate 10 Pro now available to pre-order in the U.S.

As promised, Huawei’s flagship smartphone is available to pre-order, unlocked, from several U.S. retailers.

It wasn’t the narrative that Huawei wanted, but the Mate 10 Pro, the company’s latest flagship smartphone, is now available for pre-order in the U.S. — just not at any carriers.

Instead, the phone, which competes with high-end products like the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Google Pixel 2 XL, is being sold, unlocked, at Amazon, Best Buy, Microsoft Stores, Newegg, and B&H Photo Video.

Available in both Midnight Blue and Titanium Grey, with a Mocha Brown model coming soon, the phone will retail for $799 but come with a $150 gift card to the retailer from which it was purchased. Shipments begin February 18.

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The ‘Best Smartphone at CES’ Now Available in the U.S.

Award-winning HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro now available for pre-order in-stores and online at BestBuy, Amazon, Microsoft, Newegg, and B&H with a $150 gift card promotion until Feb. 17

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 5, 2018 — Pre-orders for the highly acclaimed HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro will begin on Feb. 5in-stores and online at major electronic retailers including Amazon, BestBuy, Microsoft, Newegg, and B&H. Customers who pre-order the device from now until Feb. 17 will receive a $150 gift card from the retailer in which it was purchased. The HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro will begin shipping Feb. 18.

Available in Midnight Blue and Titanium Grey now, and Mocha Brown soon; the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro’s stunning design is matched only by its performance. Featuring the world’s first AI-enhanced processor with a dedicated Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU) in a smartphone, the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro achieves new breakthroughs in computing capacity to deliver up to 25 times better performance and up to 50 times greater energy efficiency for AI-related tasks.

Partnering with renowned camera maker Leica, Huawei co-engineered the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro’s dual camera with AI capabilities that enables users to take professional quality photos without having to adjust the camera settings. The camera’s computer vision technology supports real-time scene and object recognition to automatically choose and adjust camera settings to capture the best photos possible.

“Huawei prides itself in delivering premium, high-performing devices that are elegant, secure and user-friendly, and the award-winning HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro embodies all those characteristics and more,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group. “The HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro has the ideal combination of camera, battery life and performance; and was designed for how individuals use a smartphone today.”

Highlighting the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro’s mobile AI capabilities, intelligent and intuitive new Leica camera, long-lasting battery life, and elegant design; the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro has earned 42 awards to date from global technology media, including “Best Smartphone of CES” from TechRadar, “Best of CES 2018” from Android Police, “2018 CES Top Pick” from Android Central and “Best Smartphone of 2017” from Android Authority. Editors from Android Central even proclaimed the device as Huawei’s “best phone ever.”

In addition to the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro, the new Porsche Design HUAWEI Mate 10 will be available online at major retailers, including Best Buy, Amazon, Microsoft, Newegg, and B&H. Retailing for $1,255 starting Feb. 18, the Porsche Design HUAWEI Mate 10 combines luxury aesthetics with cutting-edge mobile engineering and technology. Porsche Design HUAWEI Mate 10 showcases a race track inspired design in a Diamond Black body, and features 6GB of RAM, 256GB of ROM and a customized UI to perfectly complement its premium experience.

Pixel Visual Core enabled for all apps in Pixel 2’s February update

Android is stepping up its camera game … at least for Google’s own phones.

Google talked up a big game with its Pixel Visual Core shortly after announcing the Pixel 2 and 2 XL, but didn’t even enable it for developers until late-November 2017. Now, every Pixel 2 or 2 XL owner will see their Pixel Visual Core activated in the next few days, bringing its powers to every third-party app that takes pictures.

The Pixel Visual Core is a dedicated image processing unit in the Pixel 2 and 2 XL that takes care of image processing, and up until this point was dedicated to doing neat things for HDR+ in the Pixel 2’s stock camera app. With the upcoming early-February software update, the Pixel Visual Core will work for every app that calls up the camera — provided it targets API level 26 (targeting Oreo).

So what does that mean? Better photos, across the board. Rather than relying on a basic camera API with high-level one-size-fits-all capabilities, each time you take a photo inside of an app — like Instagram or Snapchat, for example — it will be processed with the same great qualities you see through the stock camera app on a Pixel 2. You’re essentially getting low-level access to the camera hardware.

Get that great Pixel camera quality in all of your favorite apps.

No more grainy shots with bad colors and poor low-light performance, and no more compromises between the speed of using an in-app camera and the quality of taking a photo and sharing it to the app later. Google’s also noting that moving processing to the Pixel Visual Core gives benefits like zero shutter lag and enhanced edge smoothing when digitally zooming, which were both huge pain points of using the old camera API in chat apps in particular. Here are some before and after shots Google shared to show what the Pixel Visual Core is capable of in third-party apps:

It’s one of those little things that makes the Pixels just that much more appealing than other Android phones, and shows Google’s ability to do some special things with its own hardware. Of course, true photographers will still want to use the stock camera app for more camera tweaks and saving for later use, but for spur-of-the-moment shares, in-app shots will be dramatically better than before.

Google’s calling out Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp as great examples of apps that will benefit from this, but it’s available to any third-party app that takes photos. Just take the next software update on your Pixel 2 or 2 XL and you’ll immediately notice the difference in every app that targets the latest API — there’s nothing to enable or change on your end.

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Save up to $60 on these Google Home bundles at Best Buy

It pays to buy more than one!

You can save $10 on the Google Home Mini or $30 on the full-sized Google Home as stand-alone purchases. If you want multiples, you can save $30 on two Home Minis or $60 when you buy a Google Home and Home Mini together.

Don’t worry, the Home Max isn’t being left out of the fun here. Pair it with a Home Mini and save $40, which is like getting the smaller one for free with the purchase. You may be able to pick these bundles up at your local Best Buy depending on availability, so be sure to check out the sale and grab the ones that are best for you!

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Phones with displays made out of diamonds are coming in 2019

Butterfingers of the world, listen up.

When it comes to phone screens, the vast majority of handsets feature ones that are covered by glass. Advancements in Gorilla Glass help to prevent scratches and shatters for as long as possible, but with enough use, these things are bound to happen due to the nature of the material.

In just a years’ time, a company called “Akhan Semiconductor” plans to aide in the release of the first smartphone with a display made out of diamonds.

Why diamonds? While there’s certainly a cool factor that’s hard to ignore, diamonds are also far more durable than glass. Akhan grows diamonds in its own lab, and it uses a special pattern that arranges them in a totally random fashion to help avoid deep cracks and further protect components beneath your phone’s display.

Diamond screens are expected to cost more than ones made out of glass.

Furthermore, Akhan’s diamond screens can be used in conjunction with other materials. For example, we could soon have a phone with a diamond layer and then Gorilla Glass 5 on top of it.

Akhan is reportedly working with manufacturers to integrate its diamond panels onto phones, and the first handset to utilize the material is scheduled for a release in 2019. It’s unknown which companies Akhan is working with, and it’s worth mentioning that Akhan missed its first release window of late 2017.

We’ve seen companies like Motorola release “shatter-proof” phones in the past, but rather than using diamonds, Moto opted for plastic. While phones such as the Moto Z2 Force have proven to be nearly impossible to shatter, they come at the cost of having screens that can be scratched far too easily. With diamonds, Akhan is hoping to offer the best of both worlds.

With all that said, do you have any interest in a phone with a diamond display? If so, would you pay more for one as opposed to a handset with a traditional glass screen?

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What is encryption?

Encryption can be a very complicated subject, but getting a grasp of the basics isn’t difficult.

Recently, we’ve had a few questions about encryption. We’ve talked about how Android incorporates encryption and the changes that Nougat brings, and to get the most from those discussions an understanding of the basics is a must. Let’s talk about those basics for a bit.

What exactly is encryption?

In its simplest sense, encryption is changing the way information is displayed, so that it is masked, and the only way its true form can be viewed is with a clear set of instructions.

You’re using encryption every day and may not know because it can be transparent.

There are plenty of ways to do this, especially when that information is digital and stored on a computer or a phone. If you’ve ever received a zip file or Microsoft Office document that needed a password to view, it was encrypted. The data you wanted to see was placed inside a container (think of it as a folder on your phone or computer) and the container was password protected. This method can be scaled up, even to include an entire disk or partition. To access anything on the encrypted partition, you need to unlock it with a password.

Another way to encrypt data is to physically alter what is displayed when you view it unless you can decode it. Think about an app that you could type a phrase in, and it would convert all the letters into numbers from 1 to 26. You would type a sentence, and what you would see was a bunch of numbers.

But the app knows that 1 equals a, that no number higher than 26 is valid, and has access to the operating system’s dictionary to check spelling because 11 could equal “aa” or “k” depending on what word it’s used in. When someone else uses the app to read what you typed, it looks normal.

At its core, encryption is designed to make something hard to read unless you know how to look at it.

Now imagine if the order of the numbers were reversed, 13 was added to numbers between 11 and 15, the whitespace between words was deleted and random data that won’t be read was inserted every few letters. The file would be impossible to read without using the app, unlike the first example that could be figured out if someone wanted to try. That’s what an encryption algorithm does. It helps a program turn data of any kind into a jumbled mess that can be easily decoded by the algorithm itself but would take a lot of effort and time to crack without it.

Computer algorithms can do things that are far more complicated than my simple example and take a lot less time than it did for me to count on my fingers. Encrypting a folder or a whole disk is an example of an encrypted container, and encrypted data like our example above can also be placed inside an encrypted container.

Taking our data and encrypting it, then making sure the apps and services that need to have access can decrypt and use it is extremely complicated. Thankfully, those complicated parts are handled by the hardware and operating system and all we need to do is have the right password or use the right service.

Encryption and Android

Android supports file level and container (full disk) encryption. As an application platform, it can also support encryption methods from third-parties for things like secure folders or encrypted messaging and email. Android also supports hardware backed encryption. That means there is a component inside the SoC (System on Chip — where the CPU and GPU live) that exists to help encrypt and decrypt data on the fly. The actual key to decrypt files is stored on this device and any user interaction — a password, a fingerprint, a trusted device, etc — that is used to access encrypted data is really asking the Secure Element in the hardware to do the job. Since Android 6.0 Marshmallow, all cryptographic function can be done using this Secure Element and the private key (the token used to encrypt and decrypt data) is never exposed to software. This means that without a token to present to the hardware, the data stays encrypted.

Android is built with encryption in mind and your data can be safe and inaccessible to anyone but you.

In your Android settings, you might also be able to keep the system encrypted every time it boots up until a password is entered. Having a phone running that’s filled with encrypted data is pretty safe, but halting the boot process until a password is entered prevents access to the files and acts as a double-layer of protection. Either way, your login password (or PIN or pattern or fingerprint) still accesses data through the secure element and you don’t have a way to get the actual private encryption key, which is the only thing that knows exactly how the data was scrambled and how to put it back together.

Your messages and web browsing can be encrypted, too. You’ve probably seen many sites in your browser use the HTTPS header instead if HTTP. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol and is the protocol (think rules) that is used to send and receive data over the internet. HTTPS stands for HTTP over SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), which adds an encryption standard to the protocol. Anything you enter into the web browser is “scrambled” with a public key you downloaded from the website when you got there, and only the private key — which the web server has — can unscramble it.

Whenever you’re entering any information you consider private on the web make sure you have a secure HTTPS connection.

Data sent back to you is scrambled in a way that only your unique version of the public key can unscramble. You don’t need to do anything except visit a secure page that has the HTTPS header. Your phone makes sure the server is really who it claims to be, using a certificate, and encrypts and decrypts data on its own through the browser app.

Messages that are encrypted usually require an app you need to download from Google Play. Apps like Signal or What’sApp offer what’s called end to end encryption, which means that the app assigns keys for individual contacts or groups and only the person who it’s addressed to can read a message. BlackBerry Messenger is considered secure by many, but since there is only one global key and every BlackBerry device has it, there’s debate about how secure it is. BBM Protected is available for groups who require higher encryption or end to end encryption. Apple’s iMessage is also encrypted end to end, but only when everyone is using an iPhone.

You use these apps like you would any other messenger — add a contact and send messages. The only difference is that those messages can be encrypted so only the two parties involved can read them.

Is encryption bad?

Encryption does nothing on its own. It’s the user that makes it “dangerous.”

Some folks in some governments claim that having encryption technology available to the end user (that’d be you and me) is dangerous because it makes it impossible to monitor communications of “persons of interest”. The argument can sound convincing when we’re told that terrorists communicated for months using a service like Facebook or WhatsApp. But encryption itself is not a danger to anything and without it, none of our online transactions would be secure and we would have no guarantee that our chats are private. At the same time, all the private information on our phones would be easily accessible by anyone with the right tools and motivation.

If we give up any right to have encryption, we are giving up our privacy. Privacy is scary to the government because they want to know when we’re not being completely law-abiding. The notion that potential criminals can be caught and some crime prevented is great, but it requires that the law-abiding citizens who want to do something as simple as buy from Amazon give up that right, too.

Only you can decide if you think encryption should be taken away from the private sector for the greater good, but you do need to know that the technology itself does no harm. Like most things, it can be abused by the user.

This really only scratches the surface of what encryption is and how it works. there are plenty of online resources that go in-depth with all the technical details. But this should give you a basic understanding of it all, and the next time you see someone talking about the merits of end to end encryption or advantages of a particular platform, you’ll be able to understand and participate.

Update: February 2018: this post was checked for freshness and updated so people with questions about the basics of encryption can get started on the road to understanding it.

February 2018 security patches for Pixel and Nexus are here; Factory images are up and OTAs are coming shortly

Security patches and feature fixes are on the way for Google’s phones.

Factory images for the Pixel and Pixel 2 family, the Pixel C, the Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X are available at the Google Developer site and can be manually installed today, and OTA updates are expected to begin shortly.

Along with the security update and patches that apply to every Android device, some bug fixes and software improvements are inbound for Google’s family of devices. These range from the boring (but still important) things like improved RSA key parsing to more visual and user-facing fixes like better settings icons and improved call quality over Bluetooth. A handy chart is in order.

As always, it’s recommended that everyone with a supported Nexus or Pixel product accept the update when it arrives. Improved device security and functionality is well worth it. If you would rather not wait for the over the air update you can flash the factory image right now.

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HTC U12: Rumors, Specs, Release Date, and More!

The HTC U11 was one of 2017’s most underrated phones, so you’d be a fool to let the U12 slip under your radar.

There were a lot of excellent phones that came out in 2017, and while much of the limelight was reserved for the likes of the Galaxy S8, Google Pixel 2, and Apple’s iPhone X, HTC also kicked out a truly awesome phone with the U11. The U11 didn’t receive anywhere near the amount of attention as it should have, and while it’s unclear if the U12 will be able to change this, one thing is certain – it’ll be a darn nice phone.

Bezels will be a lot smaller compared to the U11

Get ready to say goodbye to these massive bezels 👋

Although the U11 was one of 2017’s most eye-catching phones when viewed from the back, its front resembled a device that could have been released in 2015. Large bezels don’t necessarily make or break a phone, but when the U11 was fighting against the Galaxy S8 and LG G6, its traditional front design could quickly lead you to believe it was outdated when compared to the competition.

Thankfully, the HTC U12 will adopt a much more modern design. A device render from early January showcased a phone with very minimal bezels (at least from what we could see), and this was followed up by hands-on photos of what’s being reported as the U12 in the flesh.

Apparently this lightly obfuscated handset on display at a 5G industry event is none other than HTC Imagine, aka “U12,” aka the company’s next flagship. https://t.co/f89KjGjEyX

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 5, 2018

It’s possible that the phone in the hands-on photos is nothing more than a dummy unit HTC is using to test out 5G speeds, but even if that’s the case, it’s likely the U12 will end up closely resembling it.

It’ll be powered by the Snapdragon 845

Qualcomm’s latest and greatest mobile processor for 2018 is the Snapdragon 845, and we have no reason to believe that the U12 will ship without it.

The 845 is one beast of a CPU, offering substantially faster performance, improvements in the camera department, increased data speeds, and much more. The HTC U11 provided an incredibly slick user experience with the Snapdragon 835, and we can only imagine how zippy the U12 will be thanks to the faster silicon.

Squeeze controls aren’t going anywhere

Edge Sense – the feature that allows you to squeeze your phone to perform a variety of commands – first debuted on the HTC U11. Google integrated the tech as a way for quickly prompting the Google Assistant on the Pixel 2, and it made a return later in the year with the HTC U11+.

There was a lot of doubt surrounding Edge Sense’s usefulness following the announcement of the U11, but once the phone was released and people started getting their hands on it, it became clear that it was way more practical than anyone was expecting it to be.

Edge Sense isn’t the sole reason to buy a U11 or Pixel 2, but it’s one of those things you come to appreciate the more you use it.

What are you hoping to see?

As information regarding the U12 slowly trickles in, what features or specs are you looking forward to the most? Will a refreshed design be enough to keep you interested, or would you like HTC to try something new like it did last year with Edge Sense? Let us know in the comments below!

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Netflix snags ‘Glee’ creator’s comedy series ‘The Politician’

The name Ryan Murphy may not ring a bell, but you’ve undoubtedly heard of the big-name TV shows he created. From Glee to American Horror Story, Nip/Tuck and others, Murphy has a solid track record when it comes to television. Deadline reports Netflix has snapped up the rights to the director/producer/writer’s upcoming comedy series created alongside Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Titled The Politican, the show will be the second from Murphy on Netflix with Ratched (focusing on Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) already in the works.

According to Deadline, the series landed on Netflix after a bidding war with rival streaming services Hulu and Amazon. While details are still scarce at this early phase, the hour-long comedy will star Tony winner Ben Platt. Deadline says Barbra Streisand and Gwyneth Paltrow are in talks to join the cast, but those deals haven’t been finalized yet. The outlet also notes that Netflix has already ordered two seasons of the show, so it must’ve been impressed with the pitch from Murphy & Co.

This deal for Netflix is the latest that locks in proven TV talent to make shows for the service. Back in August, the company swiped Shonda Rhimes away from ABC for a multi-year deal. Netflix snagged a western anthology series from the Coen Brothers last year as well. Moves like these show that the company is willing to pay for top talent to create content as it continues to pad its ever-growing library.

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How to Secure Your Apple ID Using Two-Factor Authentication

Apple introduced two-factor authentication (2FA) in 2015 to provide an enhanced level of security when accessing Apple ID accounts. With 2FA enabled, you’ll be the only person who can access your account, regardless of whether someone learns your password – as the result of a hack or a phishing scam, for example – so it’s well worth taking the time to enable the feature. In this article, we’ll show you how.

How Two-Factor Authentication Works

2FA offers hardened security during login attempts by requesting that the user provides an extra piece of information only they would know.

With 2FA enabled on your Apple ID account, the next time you try to log in you will be automatically sent a six-digit verification code to all the Apple devices you have registered to that Apple ID. If you try to access the account from an unknown device or on the web, 2FA also displays a map on all registered devices with an approximate location of where the Apple ID login attempt occurred.

In basic terms, this is an improved version of Apple’s older two-step verification method, which prompted users to send a four-digit code to a registered SMS-capable device. Apple automatically upgraded most two-step verification users to 2FA as of iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, but if you’re still on two-step verification for some reason, follow the steps below to manually upgrade to 2FA.

How to Turn Off Two-Step Verification

Open a browser and go to appleid.apple.com

Enter your Apple ID and password in the login fields.

In the Security section of your account page, click the Edit button on the right.

Check to make sure two-step verification is enabled rather than two-factor authentication, and click Turn off two-step verification.

How to Turn On Two-Factor Authentication in iOS

To turn on 2FA using an iPhone or iPad, it needs to be running iOS 9 or later. Note that if you’re running iOS 10 or later and you have any other, older devices tied to your Apple ID that aren’t compatible with 2FA, you’ll receive a compatibility warning during the setup process.

On top of that, you’ll also be asked to append a six-digit code to the end of your password whenever you authenticate a login on your older devices in future. You can potentially avoid this hassle by updating those devices to the latest version of iOS or macOS where possible.

With that in mind, perform the following steps on your iOS device:

Open the Settings app and tap your Apple ID banner at the top of screen.

Tap Password & Security.

Tap Turn On Two-Factor Authentication, and then tap Continue on the next screen.

Tap Turn On Anyway if you see a compatibility warning about older devices.

Check your phone number is correct. (If it isn’t, tap Use a Different Number at the bottom of the screen and input a new number.)

Select Text message or Phone call for verification, and then tap Next.

Enter your Passcode.

How to Turn On Two-Factor Authentication on a Mac

If it’s a Mac you’re using to enable two-factor authentication then make sure it’s running OS X El Capitan or later. To turn on 2FA on Mac, follow these steps:
Click the Apple () symbol in the menu bar at the top left of the desktop, and select System Preferences.

Click the iCloud preferences pane.

Click the Account Details button and select the Security tab.

Click Turn on Two-Factor Authentication, and then click Continue in the drop-down pane.

Check your phone number is correct and click Continue.

Verification Codes

With 2FA enabled, you’ll be prompted to enter a new verification code every time you log in to your Apple ID account using iCloud.com or another Mac or iOS device. These codes will automatically appear on devices that are already logged into your Apple ID, but you can also request them manually using an iPhone or iPad, like so:
Open the Settings app and tap on your Apple ID banner at the top of the screen.

Tap Password & Security.

Tap Get Verification Code.

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