[Newsbot]

Title: How to protect yourself from costly 'bait apps'
Category: Tech
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2013-07-24 10:30:20
Canadian

[Benn]

Don't enter you credit card into your phone app / iphone account. Simple. I buy prepaid itune cards from the store and charge my account. Kids won't get far when the $10 runs out.

Parents don't come with brains these days much do they?

[herbie]

Benn Benn:

Don't enter you credit card into your phone app / iphone account. Simple. I buy prepaid itune cards from the store and charge my account. Kids won't get far when the $10 runs out.

Parents don't come with brains these days much do they?

You said it right.
Those cards available anywhere are the way to go.

[bootlegga]

Benn Benn:

Don't enter you credit card into your phone app / iphone account. Simple. I buy prepaid itune cards from the store and charge my account. Kids won't get far when the $10 runs out.

Parents don't come with brains these days much do they?

This isn't any different than 10-12 years ago when cell phones became really widespread and kids began racking huge bills on them by sending thousands of text messages or talking all day long on them. My advice (when I worked in a cellphone company's call centre) to people was to get pay-as-you-go phones, so that when the kid blew threw $30, he/she either had to pay for more themselves or talk to Mom/Dad about getting more money.

[Prof_Chomsky]

You can't blame parents for what is clearly an intentional scam. A 99 cent app with 1,000$ upgrades? Who in their right mind would ever purchase that aside from some child by accident? Why are parents required to be technical wizards in order to avoid their kids being defrauded and being on the hook for it?

[DrCaleb]

Prof_Chomsky Prof_Chomsky:

Why are parents required to be technical wizards in order to avoid their kids being defrauded and being on the hook for it?

Welcome to Steve Jobs' newer, cuddlier Apple. The iPhone and iPad were designed as a content delivery system for iTunes and the App Store. It's not surprising that shady developers take advantage of this, and the naievty of children to scam people.

[bootlegga]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Welcome to Steve Jobs' newer, cuddlier more profitable Apple.

Fixed that for you...

[DrCaleb]

bootlegga bootlegga:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Welcome to Steve Jobs' newer, cuddlier more profitable Apple.

Fixed that for you...

I'll stick with the sarcastic 'Cuddly'.

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