In the aftermath of the (widely-reported) hacking of a Wired Reporter’s iCloud passwords, Apple has suspended over-the-phone Apple ID password resetting. Fair enough.
Perhaps the origin of this entire mess goes back to the iCloud transition late last year… at that time, many end-users were complaining about Apple’s reset policy regarding passwords getting blocked after two incorrect attempts? Whatever the case may be, one point is worth mentioning, the entire Apple-end-to-end-all-inclusive-user-data-control-approach is showing continuing signs of bloatware akin to what Cupertino railed against Redmond doing for years. However, because Apple is doing it is somehow okay, right?
(Source) Wired: http://goo.gl/LzhX9