Last night I was checking my Gmail and suddenly I saw receip from Google Play - Three times !
I was sure it was not me because yesterday we were at friends and eat dinner.
Has somebody stolen my password? No one knows it - only me. Not even my wife know my password to Google.
It felt very strange and I lost 12 USD.
I went to Google Play and saw the transactions. Three times - at same app. And here I find the answer....
It was in my boys favouritegame and he played with the phone yesterdayg. But I have never told him the password. I am sure about that....
I asked him and my 7-years old boy (@minishark) told me that it was easy. He know the password to our familycomputer. He tried that with no success. But he continue and try with some kind of variation. And yes....there it was.
Of course I changed the password imidiatly. But he asked me:
- Dad, did you take a similar password as before?
- opppss.
- I will help you (and he helped me how to think)
Todays wisdom - Do not have same, and do not have similar, passwords anywhere. Even in your home.
…and don’t keep your cryptocurrencies on your smartphone. ;)
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I have it at my phone. But only a small amount. It is like having fiat money in your wallet or in a bag. Easy to use. But I send them to other places when the amount is big. I promise. I send them to my Ledger and have the password 1234. So no worry.
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Haha! But I also want to know your PIN and the list of 12 secret words!!
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Absolutely. Do not tell any one. PIN = 123456
12 Secret words =I WILL NEVER TELL ANYONE MY TWELVE WORDS ONLY TO MY SON
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Thank you! I promise to keep it a secret between us. I have to go now, have some urgent crypto-transfers to make…
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It seems @minishark has a future in IT.....or if that doesn't work out, white collar crime?
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Maybe. Or I just stop let him play at the phone. But if I do that - maybe his future as a IT-specialist is now longer open.
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Very bad news! Really sad thing. You lost 12 dollars. I know, at that time your feelings were very bad. Password is very important, I hope to be a little cautious later on.
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Well. I just laugh at it. It is the funniest way.
I like people who test new things - and he did it.
Shit happens - and smile at it.
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Oh...@minimining
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That’s a smart kid you got there. Be proud! :D
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Yes. I choose to be that. He was 3 years when he won a auction in tradera (similar to E-bay). Soon he can more than me...
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Yikes!! That sucks, but yeah, lesson learned.
My advice is enable 2FA (two-factor authentication) on everything possible.
Should mitigate most risk.
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Is that possible to google play? I do not think so.
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Hmmm.. probably not on Play Store, but at least on your Gmail account.
For Play Store I found that you can set up fingerprint authentication (if your phone/device supports that). Then it will protect against Play Store purchases and in-app purchases:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1626831?hl=en
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
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Sounds good . Have to try that. And hide the phone . And turn it off. And throw it away. And kill the wifi. And, in worst case, I do Fatatack.
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FATTAAATTTACCCCKK!!
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lol
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