iOS 4.3 Requires Password Reentry for In App Purchases

[pacohaas]

You mean if I have an app that has purchases inside of it, on the old iOS if I clicked something to buy, it just automagically bought it without me putting in a password?

No, only if you had just entered your password within the last 15 minutes to purchase or update apps. The problem was parents would go and download a free app and hand it to their kid without turning off the "in App purchases" option in Parental Restrictions settings. I think this is better default behavior, but they should provide an option (off by default) to "Remember password for in-app purchases" for the adults who already have to enter their password too many times.

 

[miamialley]

I get inconvenienced because you people have kids.

It belongs in Parental Controls as an option.

 

[technopimp]

Great, more annoying speed bumps for people who have no need for said speed bumps.

Apple/everyone/world,
Please stop protecting those people who don't have children from what a hypothetical child could hypothetically do. If I ever were to have one a) they wouldn't touch my phone, and b) I would not ask or require you to do my parenting for me. Please give me the option, much like rear door locks on a car.

 

[miamialley]

great, more annoying speed bumps for people who have no need for said speed bumps.

Apple/everyone/world,
please stop protecting those people who don't have children from what a hypothetical child could hypothetically do. If i ever were to have one a) they wouldn't touch my phone, and b) i would not ask or require you to do my parenting for me. Please give me the option, much like rear door locks on a car.

+1

 

[Macishman]

Buggy

Except, sadly, this doesn't always work correctly. Although I have my primary account entered in the App Store settings, my iPad now keeps insisting I log into an old, unused account instead. Currently I can not update apps from my iPad or iPhone now because of this buggy behavior. I've tried everything I can think of including a hard shutdown and reboot, but nothing seems to fix it.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

I hope there is an option to disable this.

 

[Tuta]

Kids or No Kids

This is a wonderful feature that everyone should be happy with.

Cleverly placed 'buy' buttons placed a little too close to other normal buttons will no longer automatically make me poorer.



--signed Big Thumb

 

[ghostlines]

Apple should allow you to password protect the App store on your iOS device! Then once your in you can purchase any app without having to put your password in.

They could set up the same thing for any app loaded onto the platform, allow anyone to password protect any app they want.

Bingo that would be a simple option to just implement. Hopefully they'll do this sometime soon.

 

[UnSainted]

Whiners

You whiners realize you wasted more energy ranting on a website about typing in a password, than actually typing in a password dont you.. And as far as page 1 or 2? Does it really make a ******* difference what page its on? Does it offend you in some way which page its on? Really?

 

[miamialley]

yea... I like it, on the iOS devices my kids play with, (old iPhone, iPad. I'm annoyed with it on my own devices they do not play with, (iPhone4.)

I'm not sure it would be better to make it an option though. If not done right it would make it inconstant, confusing, and even easier to accident buy stuff.

Confusing??

"Click to require password for in app purchase."

Can somebody decode this for me plz!

 

[ugp]

Because typing your password a second time is really that hard? I like the added change. My Wife just did something like this the other day because a Buy button was too close to a button she was trying to press. Was only $2.99 but wouldn't have been an issue if I had to re-enter the password to confirm the In-App purchase.

 

[beany boy]

Dos is goot.

 

[miamialley]

Because typing your password a second time is really that hard? I like the added change. My Wife just did something like this the other day because a Buy button was too close to a button she was trying to press. Was only $2.99 but wouldn't have been an issue if I had to re-enter the password to confirm the In-App purchase.

You know, they really should force you to enter your password after entering your password just in case you thought you were entering your password for a different purpose.

 

[finchna]

this isn't a parental control and it detrimentally affects those without children. were it a control a person could switch it on or off. perhaps apple can fix that and allow folks without kids to purchase more simply -- till then, thumbs down.

 

[cadillac1234]

This needs to be in PARENTAL CONTROLS, not for everyone. What a PITA... seriously if you can't monitor your own child that's your fault not mine, yet because people shove a gadget in their kids hands to baby sit em I now get to reenter my PW?

Parents need to pull their head out of their own @$# and pay attention. Stop blaming blaming APPLE for your dumbass ignoring what your kids are doing.

I used to think this to until I became the guardian of an 11 year old

It's amazing the amount of stuff and damage they can do when you think you are monitoring them

 

[kingtj]

Yes, but ....

As someone else suggested on here... Wouldn't it be BETTER if they just password protected the App Store icon itself, so you had to enter your correct password to get into it each time? Then, no matter what you were buying on your device, as long as you exited the App Store before handing it to your kid - you'd have no problems.

(And yes, I realize there are a few apps out there that are free to download, but have all kinds of things you can tap on in them to initiate "in app" purchases. That's a separate issue, and personally, I don't think Apple should ever have allowed it to work that way in the first place. Instead, they needed more flexible options for developers to list things for sale in the App Store itself!)

A minor inconvenience, but it's still welcomed (by me). I have a 3-year old who has an iPod touch and he manages to re-arrange icons and get into all sorts of things. Therefore, if I decide to "purchase" an item for it, this removes me having to watch that he doesn't accidentally find the store and start hitting install by mistake. Yes.. 3 with an iPod touch.

 

[kingtj]

As a parent myself? This is a B.S. comment, WiiDSmoker!

What are you implying here? That a parent isn't being a good parent if he/she lets their kid use their iPod or iPad!? I'd counter that really good parents are doing JUST that, rather then selfishly keeping the devices to themselves and ignoring their kids who want to play with them -- because there's so much good educational software out for iOS.

The fact is, a parent should have a reasonable way to let kids use these things without being at risk for accidental software purchases. It's not ONLY kids who accidentally press the wrong buttons and buy things unintentionally, either. (Someone on this forum already posted about his wife doing it.)

Now, I'd agree that having to enter your password all the time gets annoying. I think Apple needs to find better ways to solve this problem, really. But don't throw this back at parents, as though it's all due to their irresponsibility somehow! This is a very real technical problem that Apple created and Apple needs to solve.

This just in: Parents don't want to parent.

 

[toddybody]

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And you went to the effort of posting about it? Here's a suggestion... Skim past it and read the article that does interest you.
I'm sick of all this high horse BS by some readers

And you went to the effort of posting about it? Here's a suggestion... Skim past it and read the posts that interest you.
I'm sick of all this high horse BS by some readers

Sound advice right?

 

[deputy_doofy]

As someone else suggested on here... Wouldn't it be BETTER if they just password protected the App Store icon itself, so you had to enter your correct password to get into it each time? Then, no matter what you were buying on your device, as long as you exited the App Store before handing it to your kid - you'd have no problems.

(And yes, I realize there are a few apps out there that are free to download, but have all kinds of things you can tap on in them to initiate "in app" purchases. That's a separate issue, and personally, I don't think Apple should ever have allowed it to work that way in the first place. Instead, they needed more flexible options for developers to list things for sale in the App Store itself!)

I didn't say I wasn't open to suggestions on a better method.

 

[Benjamins]

Personally I try to avoid things with in-app purchases.

 

[haravikk]

Industry leading parental controls seems a bit pretentious, when surely this is something that somebody should have seen as an obvious hole when the feature was added?

But is it only parental controls that enable password entry, or is that now the default behaviour? I have a really complex password so re-entering it all the time could get old very fast, as I never let anyone near my phone, if I need to show someone something then it stays in my hands at all times

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Personally I try to avoid things with in-app purchases.

The problem is, some apps (Angry Birds, for example) start off without in-app purchasing, but add it in an update, "due to popular demand". :/ Cartoon Wars2 just did this as well.

 

[Kwill]

This option may be enabled by default, but for people who don't have kids, it would be nice to disable password reentry in the settings when making multiple purchases.

 

[Mebsat]

Weak passwords for all!

The way I see it, this just encourages a race to the bottom on passwords in general. The reason Apple has so much trouble with fraud in iTunes and the App Store is you can't get anything done without entering your password, which encourages iOS users to pick weak passwords (memorable).

No one is going to want to enter a strong password every time they download an app, so "password123" it is.

Your apple ID opens Mobile Me, the App Store, iTunes, your AOL/IM account, etc.

Many people probably use their system password for their AppleID as well.

 

[bossxii]

I used to think this to until I became the guardian of an 11 year old

It's amazing the amount of stuff and damage they can do when you think you are monitoring them

To everyone that responded to my post, is the exact reason it should be in the Parental Controls, not just make it a double entry for everyone. I spend plenty of time around my brothers kids (8 and 11) they sit down on a couch/chair etc in the same room as I am, usually next to me, and I don't just ignore them I play a game or at least monitor what they are doing as not everything is "kid" friendly anyhow.

This crap Apple is pulling here is just pure LAZY, build a better UI, don't just overlay this BS because a few parents want a better babysitter.

FYI if you take offense to a rant, then likely your who I am talking about. I've spent many weekends watching my brothers kids for the past 10 years. They don't destroy anything I don't want them to have. It's called actually watching and playing with them vs sitting them in front of a TV, Computer or gadget so you can go off and ignore em.

Parenting is the issue, not a function of the iPad ffs.