@fne8w2ah to AppleEnglish • 3 days agoOur eight-year-old daughter spent £8,500 on the Apple app storewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16arrow-up150arrow-down111
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 days agoThe strange thing about this story is why didn’t the bank send SMS messages for the purchases, this should be the default.
minus-squarenocturnelinkfedilink2•2 days agoMine only does for purchases over a certain amount, and then when it does send the text it is only that a purchase was made, not how much or where’s the purchase was made.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 days agoThis could have easily be prevented if they did it for all amounts and enabled OTP code.
minus-squareByteMelink1•2 days agoPersonally, my bank needs a subscription to do that. Maybe that’s why?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 days agoMine is enabled by default and you need an OTP code for each purchase.
The strange thing about this story is why didn’t the bank send SMS messages for the purchases, this should be the default.
Mine only does for purchases over a certain amount, and then when it does send the text it is only that a purchase was made, not how much or where’s the purchase was made.
This could have easily be prevented if they did it for all amounts and enabled OTP code.
Personally, my bank needs a subscription to do that. Maybe that’s why?
Mine is enabled by default and you need an OTP code for each purchase.