Jeff Campbell
03-15-2011, 01:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.gearlog.com/2011/03/apple_adds_passwords_for_in-ap.php' target='_blank'>http://www.gearlog.com/2011/03/appl...s_for_in-ap.php</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Partially billed as a way to keep children from picking up their parents' iPhones and going crazy with in-app purchases and partially billed as a way to keep less-than-ethical iOS developers from making it deceptively easy to buy a ton of in-app content without knowing you're agreeing to spend money, Apple's latest update to iOS forces you to enter your password to accept in-app purchases for a 15 minute window."</em></p><p><img height="324" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1300126994.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="450" /></p><p>At least this will hopefully prevent those surprise 4-digit bills, unless you are careless with your password. And I like the fact that they have given it a 15 minute window so you don't have to enter it every single time as long as you are within that window. </p>