Saturday, March 15, 2014

Google rolls out a new option to curb in-app purchases in Android games


Following a recent lawsuit, and inquiry by the European Commission about protections for in-app purchases, Google's begun offering new controls for shoppers on its Play Store to restrict how those transactions are made. A new version of the Play Store adds the option to require a password each and every time in-app purchases are made, something that provides a considerably higher amount of protection than the 30-minute window Google gives users by default. That half hour setting — which continues to be an option — means that extra purchases can be made without a password, just as long as they're within that window.


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