Not exactly, using a WLAN hotspot works fine without SIM or a SIM incapable of registering.
Andreas Inderjeet Singh <[email protected]> hat geschrieben: > >On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Am Wed, 8 Apr 2009 06:38:07 +0100 >> schrieb mike quinn <[email protected]>: >> >>> I think their concern was if the CC number is stored on the phone and >>> then the phone is lost/stolen. Simple and valid concern. >> >> That concern applies also (albeit the abuse potential is somewhat >> smaller) if Google Checkout stores the data in their account, their >> phone is authenticated to your Google account, and one wonders if these >> credentials are stored on the phone too. (Basically, does the phone >> keep the password somewhere, or does it keep some intermediate shared >> secret that was derived from the password with help of the servers?) >> >> Andreas > >As I understand it, Android saves your Google password for ever (at >least until you change the SIM), so if your phone was lost or stolen, >nothing (except the screen lock) prevents someone from buying apps on >your behalf. You have 24 hour refund window but you can not use it >without the phone. This, in practice, is probably not as bad as it >sounds. Once you report the loss of the phone to the carrier they >suspend the phone thereby terminating the internet access at which >point it becomes a useless brick unless you change the SIM. Meanwhile, >it is unclear how you will get refund for the transactions that >happened on your behalf. You will either have to talk to Checkout >customer support or contact the merchant directly for the refund. Once >you get another Android phone and login with the same >username/password, you will be able to recover all previous purchases >though. > >Inder >ps. The situation remains the same whether you entered the creditcard >on the phone or the Web. > > -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
