On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:40:22 EDT, Joel Esler said: > My thought behind the whole thing is that iTunes accounts are getting hacked > by brute force of the password.
There are indications that at least some are being done via phishing, and there have been complaints about the fact that iTunes passwords get cached - which means that if you enter the iTunes password for one purpose and then your kid is playing with the device, the app can zing you for a second transaction without the kid having to enter the password again.
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