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Re:Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them by yuliyp on Saturday July 14, 2012 @02:36AM (#4243377)
This is confusing authentication and authorization. Is this phone legitimately tied to this Apple ID? Yes. Is the owner of the account authorized to make such a purchase? No.

A short appstore PIN could solve this much more easily.

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Re:Logins are Dead, and Mobile Killed Them by radq on Saturday July 14, 2012 @03:21AM (#4243456)
I'm not so sure having _yet another_ PIN for users to remember would be a good idea. And besides, a short PIN would be far easier to deduce by looking over a person's shoulder.
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