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Still password for free apps why?

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yalag

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Still password for free apps why? I thought in iOS6 they said they removed it, but I'm still asked for a password.
 
Updates are free, not free purchases. Perhaps it's a way for allowing parents to control what goes on the phone of their kids?
 
yalag said:
Still password for free apps why? I thought in iOS6 they said they removed it, but I'm still asked for a password.
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So that somebody can't download apps, even free ones, onto your phone (or a phone you control somehow, like if you're a parent) without prior authorization.
 
elistan said:
So that somebody can't download apps, even free ones, onto your phone (or a phone you control somehow, like if you're a parent) without prior authorization.
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Settings->General->Restrictions.

That's what that section should be for!! If I want to be able to download free apps on my phone with no password, I should be able to! Then give parents the ability to enable a passcode for free apps. It's pretty dumb.
 
I notice that if it is an app you downloaded before but don't have it on your phone anymore no password is required as well.

Aaron
 
For the same reason that was given on the other 13 threads about this...
Free apps need a password for access. That way you control your device.

Only updates and redownloads are password free.
 
rKunda said:
Updates are free, not free purchases. Perhaps it's a way for allowing parents to control what goes on the phone of their kids?
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It can't be that, because there's a parental control option to disable App downloads.

It's just poor design - plain and simple.

There's no reason to require a password when you "buy" a free App.
 
I would think it has something to do with ensuring there is no unauthorized usage and people downloading unwanted apps on your phone. Thinking of the lowest common denominator, if you dont have an app password and dont have a lock screen pin, someone could load your phone up with a lot of stuff.
 
greenchiliman said:
I would think it has something to do with ensuring there is no unauthorized usage and people downloading unwanted apps on your phone. Thinking of the lowest common denominator, if you dont have an app password and dont have a lock screen pin, someone could load your phone up with a lot of stuff.
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and what would the harm in that? It's not like u are paying anything...compare that risk to what i will have to go through every day
 
AVonGauss said:
No, that's an opinion, yours. I personally want a password required to install any kind of application.
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Why?

What do you lose by not having the password?

To me it seems like an antiquated throwback from a time where everything on the iTunes Store needed to be purchased.

I'd personally love an option to disable it. I'll just count myself lucky that updates don't need the password anymore.
 
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Daveoc64 said:
"Modify" your phone by installing a heavily sandboxed Application?
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But one that could potentially call the phone directory, location data, or photos.

Nah, I'm pretty happy with it staying as is. Updates needing them was stupid, but that problem's solved.

I can see the logic of giving people an option though. But the default being the current situation is correct.
 
AVonGauss said:
That's an extreme example, there are much more benign examples. By requiring the password to install a new application, you are aware of every single application you are installing (even if you don't know underlying what it is doing).
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I can understand that.

I still think it should be an option though.
 
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