If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by aphextron on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:13PM (#15411288)

>This is a blatant lie.

No, it's not. Try recovering your iCloud password from the web right now. I couldn't believe it either.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204921

"For your security, recovery includes a waiting period that may be several days or longer depending on the information you can provide to verify your identity. Apple Support cannot help you shorten this time. "

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by mikestew on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:39PM (#15411527)

The article at that link has nothing to do with resetting passwords, it refers to recovering your lost account password. It even says so right in the text that you quoted. The article you're looking for is probably this one: https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht201487

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by bdamm on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:28PM (#15411435)

The link you provided documents account recovery, not password change. Also, the word "waiting" does not appear on that page anywhere.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by mikestew on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:43PM (#15411559)

Also, the word "waiting" does not appear on that page anywhere.

Probably undiscerning cut-and-paste from some FUD article, without actually verifying it themselves. I say this because the text of the article might have changed since that little nugget was stashed away, as one can find the following text in the linked article: "Next, wait for the recovery process to finish, which might take a few days or more." And I say "without verifying it" because, well, that has nothing to do with changing your password. Had it actually been tried, it would become evident that these are two very different operations.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by laurent123456 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:30PM (#15411446)

> For your security

Translation: we can't be bothered to come up with a secure solution so we offload that onto our users.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by debaserab2 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:28PM (#15411429)

If you want to reset your password, it's pretty much standard operating procedure: https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht201487

Not sure where you got that quote from - it's not in the link you pasted.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by computerex on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:05PM (#15411745)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204921

Try this link.

> Account recovery is an automated process designed to get you back into your Apple ID account* as quickly as possible and deny access to unauthorized users. For your security, recovery might take several days or longer, depending on the verification information that you can provide.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by debaserab2 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:39PM (#15411985)

It's still pretty disingenuous to suggest the process will usually take several days just for a "password reset". This is a pretty specific scenario where you've lost access to a device associated with your Apple ID, you're using two factor auth, and you've forgotten what your apple ID is. This isn't a password reset workflow at all.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by Gaelan on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:32PM (#15411464)

Google also has a similar process for some password resets.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by freedomben on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:46PM (#15411593)

It's interesting to me how much of the Apple apologia has become, `it's not as bad as ${getCompanyfromContext()}` or `${getRandomCompetitor()} does it too, so that makes it ok`

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by ksk on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:13PM (#15411799)

I wonder if bugs impacted 100% of users, would people still argue over minutia.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by imron on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:14PM (#15411297)

The first sentence isn't.

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