Why you need to enable two-step verification on your Apple ID right now
If you're an iPhone or iPad user (and who isn't?) you probably use iCloud. If you use iCloud, you probably (and should!) use Find My iPhone. If you use iCloud, you probably also use it to sync your email, calendars, contacts and photos between devices. Maybe even Documents and Data too.
If you use iCloud for any (or all) of the features above, you need to protect your iCloud account -- and the Apple ID behind it -- with all the tools at your disposal. After all, you don't want someone else reading your email or browsing your contacts and photos. Just ask Wired senior writer Mat Honan, who was victimized in an epic hack enabled by compromising his Apple ID and Amazon accounts.
Obviously, you need to use strong passwords (and never recycle them on multiple sites) but this is exponentially more important for the email service that you use for password recovery. The reason is simple: if a hacker gets access to your primary email account, it's trivial for them to wrest control of your bank and financial accounts simply by clicking on the "forgot my password" link and answering the resulting emails.
