'My son spent £3,160 in one game'

Re:'My son spent £3,160 in one game' by thaumasiotes on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:13PM (#20444730)

> Nineteenth century homesteaders could send their kids off to market with appropriate funds to buy what they needed. Now all of a sudden this doesn't work and kids by default have access to near infinite (at their scales) lines of credit because of internet purchasing.

Huh? The old model is working just as well as ever. Why would you give your kid your credit card? Have them make their internet purchases with a gift card, the non-insane way.

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Re:'My son spent £3,160 in one game' by d1zzy on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:49PM (#20446358)

Almost all major credit cards have a system to generate virtual card numbers with dollar limits on them. Generate a virtual card number with some limit, give to the kid or configure it on their device. Every time you need to increase the limit you have to login on a site that only the parent has access to.

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