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Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases

Posted by samzenpus on from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-children? dept.

jfruh writes "Android apps sold through the Google Play app store require the user to enter their username and password before making an in-app purchase — but once they've done that, they can continue to do so for half an hour without re-authenticating. Now a lawsuit is claiming this loophole allows children to run up in-app purchases on their parents' credit cards, 'causing Google to pocket millions of dollars.'"

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  1. Re:Please.... by Thanshin · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't see how parents have anything to do with this.

    Google made a system by which a child, under no supervision whatsoever, can spend their parent's money by simply asking them to introduce the password in a way that they'll be able to respond without paying any attention.

    How can you construe that situation as having anything to do with the kid's parents is beyond my comprehension.

  2. Re:Please.... by Lumpy · · Score: 0, Troll

    "I don't see how parents have anything to do with this."

    I do, I see very low IQ parents causing the problem. Giving a $300 easily broken glass device to a toddler? Not bothering to learn that it stays logged in for a short time afterwards for purchases?

    I cant break the law and claim ignorance.... The judge needs to smack these "parents" with clue by fours. If you are too dumb to use the technology, you should not have the technology.

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