"To address an issue that could have allowed unauthorized use of an existing prepaid card balance if someone recovered a lost phone without a screen lock, tonight we temporarily disabled provisioning of prepaid cards," says Google Wallet VP Osama Bedier.
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Following a week of news about potential vulnerabilities with its Google Wallet, the head of Google's mobile payment program posted a response on the company's Commerce Blog. Osama Bedier, VP of …
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PayPal is making shopping for Valentine's Day a little easier, but only if you commute through Singapore. The online payment company is running a pilot program in Singapore's subway stations that …
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The latest Google Wallet hack is the first to impact users of stock Android phones and allows anyone who obtains a lost or stolen device which does not have a screen lock set up to gain access to and spend the owner's prepaid card balance.
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