I would love to be able to use the Google account to sell value-add services, at the moment I can't think of a secure (not open to abuse) way of doing this. I hope this is something Google would like to see happen and are activly working on it. It would need a platform API change to implement something like micro payments with a secure order- form.
Here's hoping -- RichardC On Oct 27, 5:23 am, knavewave <knavew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the comments everyone. > > RichardC, the idea is not so much to tie the app to a particular > device, as it is to confirm that the device signing up for an account > is the same one that purchased the app. Basically, what I am trying to > do is have my app transparently link the account signup (in app) to > the market purchase. I dont particularly care if it is a hardware id, > carrier id, or a google account id.... they could even spoof it for > all I care, just as long as I can match it between the purchase and > the signup. Again, once their account is created (username / > password), I dont even need the original identfier, I am perfectly > happy to let them log in on any of the devices they own (of course, my > server will enforce a one session per account limit). > > There are several ways do do this intrusively... send a serial number > back to the email tied to the google checkout order or have them type > the card holder name / last 4 digits of their card, but this is a > hassle / a bit scary to customers. > > The other way to make this work, is to distribute the app for free, > and take their order within the app. This, of course, would be against > entirely the market contract / not adivisable from a security > standpoint, so it is not really an option. > > Does anyone have a checkout notification trace, with confidential bits > removed, that they are willing to post? > > Google employees, can you point me to an appropriate reference or lend > any suggestions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
