Google has the ability to accept prepaid cards to buy for its mobile payment service Wallet temporarily disabled. Reason is a series of security issues with Google Wallet that have recently come to light.
It is unclear if users of prepaid cards can attach to Wallet. Google first wants a software update release that the safety of Wallet increases: recently found that attackers are using prepaid cards to access the Wallet account of others to be able to get. The veiligheidsupdate is expected soon.
In addition, it recommends that the internetgigant users to Wallet on a rooted Android device to install. According to Google, the service is not designed to be installed on Android devices where the user roottoegang. One of the recent hacks showed to be implemented when the device is rooted; hackers managed to as the pin to find out.
Google promises that users who have become victims of hackers can be supported. Customers who Wallet can use to contact when they make their phone get lost, or an unauthorized financial transaction notice.
Users of the Wallet service can credit cards attach to their account, and the app as a method of payment to use. To pay with the Wallet to make it easier to Google prepaid cards. However, it appeared that the disposal of the application data is sufficient for the Wallet app to reset. The linking of a prepaid card is then sufficient to gain access to the money that the user already has on his Wallet-account.