* Posts by tigg

1 publicly visible post • joined 9 Feb 2011

Starbucks' iPhone barcode app easily scammed by screengrab

tigg

responsibility

I personally love having this app on my phone and using it. To me this comes down to holding the consumer responsible for their own actions. Personally I would never leave my iphone laying around - as stated by many, this just means your phone will be stolen, and I highly doubt the thief will buying coffee with it. One point that is totally missed by this articles and other posters here, is that all of this can be easily avoided by activating the pin lock code on the app itself. Again, making the consumer responsible for the security of their phone and their account. Personally I have my phone locked with a pin at the log in screen, and now you can also have the app locked by activating this function. Not sure how much more secure you need to be..........