At The Verge, Tim Carmody reports on Apple's seeming inability to get to grips with account security.
"The conventional wisdom is that this was a run-of-the-mill software security issue. … No. It isn't. It's a troubling symptom that suggests Apple's self-admittedly bumpy transition from a maker of beautiful devices to a fully-fledged cloud services provider still isn't going smoothly. Meanwhile, your Apple ID password has come a long way from the short string of characters you tap to update apps on your iPhone. It now offers access to Apple's entire ecosystem of devices, stores, software, and services."