[rekoil]

At some point the ability to trigger these prompts (or ones like them, like the Bluetooth-based setup new device prompts that were in the news last year) on Apple devices is itself the problem right?

Obviously it must be possible to reset ones password, but from the article it's apparently possible to make 30 requests to reset ones password in a short amount of time.

What possible non-malicious reason could there be for that to happen?

[gruez]

None, it's just that they haven't bothered adding a check for them. This isn't necessarily an indictment of them. It make sense in hindsight, but between sprints, OKRs/KPIs, and promotion packets, it's easy to let non-sexy functionality like these slip through the cracks.

[forgotmyinfo]

It's distressing and sad that we've come to expect so little from the trillion-dollar market cap companies to which we are beholden to participate in modernity.

[zubairshaik]

It's not as alarming if we just reframe it. Apple's software is written by developers, like many HN readers, and they follow similar interal processes. There is nothing inherent about having a large market cap that makes everyone involved superhuman. Some issues always slip through the cracks.

I'm surprised to see this comment on HN where many readers see how the sausage is made. There's no secret sauce, no matter how far up in FAANG/MANGA you get.