Okay, cool, thanks y'all. I'll try Google Checkout over the web & see if that works.
On Apr 6, 4:06 pm, Inderjeet Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
