The credit card numbers are stored in Google Checkout backend systems. I dont think they are stored on the device at all, except may be briefly in-memory while you are entering them.
Inder On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote: > > And this is also the kind of reason why applications are prevented > from receiving keystrokes or reading the screen when they're not "in > front". > > JBQ > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 6:55 PM, george_c <[email protected]> wrote: >> There is no way CC's will be stored on device. Rest assured. On-device >> client apps will require to be PCI compliant to store such sensitive >> info. The page you see on device to enter credit card is Google Checkout's >> secure web page therefore stored on their servers. >> Personally I would not enter any CC details via the handset for various >> reasons & cases I know of. This is why we have also opted at SlideME.org to >> never ever ask for CC details from SAM. IMHO, best to use the web page to >> register your card and then access market. >> George | SlideME.org >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:39 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> FortKnox wrote: >>> > So I recently went to make my 1st purchase from the Market, and you >>> > need to put in a credit card #-- WOAH. I've already painfully dealt >>> > with one card # stolen this year. If the number's stored on the >>> > phone, and if the phone gets stolen or misplaced, all that's keeping >>> > the card # safe is the draw-a-pattern-to-unlock, which isn't easy to >>> > crack, but I don't want my credit card # vulnerable. OR, if it's >>> > stored on Google's (secured) servers, all right then. Or if it's not >>> > saved anywhere, sweet. Can anybody point me to an "official" webpage >>> > discussing this? >>> >>> I can't point you to an official page. >>> >>> However, I didn't have to enter a credit card number on my phone to make >>> an Android Market purchase, because I had already set one up for Google >>> Checkout on my account over the Web. >>> >>> To me, this would suggest that the credit card numbers are stored solely >>> on the Google Checkout servers. But, I can't be certain -- maybe it only >>> works that way if you do what I did (have the CC number already set up >>> before using the Market). >>> >>> -- >>> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >>> http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >>> >>> Android App Developer Training: http://commonsware.com/training.html >>> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > Android Engineer, Google. > > Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private > will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further > warning. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
