return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDevastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down111
arrow-up1340arrow-down1external-linkDevastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20www.tomshardware.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoYou should need to prove that the card is yours, at the very least. Like, that amount of money and nobody even reviews the content being made? That somehow a child has spent over 100k? It should never have been allowed to reach this point.
minus-squareSirLeToet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoThat the CC can be used without any form of validation seems to be a problem here. If Google would just verify the security code or something, couldve easily claimed the user made a willing purchase in such case. But removing such barriers is more profitable.
You should need to prove that the card is yours, at the very least. Like, that amount of money and nobody even reviews the content being made? That somehow a child has spent over 100k? It should never have been allowed to reach this point.
That the CC can be used without any form of validation seems to be a problem here.
If Google would just verify the security code or something, couldve easily claimed the user made a willing purchase in such case.
But removing such barriers is more profitable.