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Clash of Clans in app purchases
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TheMoneySpider
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Almost got a nasty surprise playing this on my iPad the other day. I don't play it a lot (especially since the latest update).
I was collecting loot from my mines (if you play the game you'll understand) and one of them was just next to the Gem counter...in fact it was next to the + next to the Gem counter. This opened up another screen and in the exact same space where the + had been was a button to buy £80 worth of credits for the game. I had tapped on the same area twice (which is what you would do) and so my iPad tried to make a purchase and asked for my iTunes/App Store password.
I presume some people have their password stored so they don't have to type it every time they buy a song, am wondering if this means you can purchase in-game credits for Clash of Clans without really meaning to.
I was collecting loot from my mines (if you play the game you'll understand) and one of them was just next to the Gem counter...in fact it was next to the + next to the Gem counter. This opened up another screen and in the exact same space where the + had been was a button to buy £80 worth of credits for the game. I had tapped on the same area twice (which is what you would do) and so my iPad tried to make a purchase and asked for my iTunes/App Store password.
I presume some people have their password stored so they don't have to type it every time they buy a song, am wondering if this means you can purchase in-game credits for Clash of Clans without really meaning to.
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You can accidentally spend real money in any game with in-app purchases. There are regular stories in the news of kids running up a credit card bill of thousands because mum/dad didn't put a password on it, here's one from a couple of days ago:
http://www.bitterwallet.com/father-bans-son-from-video-games-as-he-spends-over-5000/902510 -
No way would i store my payment details into a phone.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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Certainly happens with many of those who are less careful0
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Struck me as interesting that the button you click on to make the most expensive in-app purchase just happens to be on the exact pixel you tap on to get into the purchasing screen0
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TheMoneySpider wrote: »Struck me as interesting that the button you click on to make the most expensive in-app purchase just happens to be on the exact pixel you tap on to get into the purchasing screen"MIND IF I USE YOUR PHONE? IF WORD GETS OUT THATI'M MISSING FIVE HUNDRED GIRLS WILL KILL THEMSELVES."0
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