Ever since I updated my iPad mini to iOS 7, my son (4 y.o.) has been making sneaky in-app purchases. What's worse is he knows how he's doing it, but won't spill the beans when I ask him how. Whatever his 'trick' is, it doesn't seem to work on our other iPad, which has not been updated to iOS 7.
I think I figured it out last night. After I input my password to install a (free) application, it seems he can hop in to an app and make a purchase using the 'cached' password. In the past I thought the password would be requested again for in-app purchases.
Have there been any changes to AppStore passwords in iOS 7, specifically the length of time before the password will be asked for again, or a change that allows in-app purchases during the 'caching' period? Or is this simply a change in his behavior?
I've disabled in-app purchases now. Slightly annoying but it does solve the problem.
Best Answer
You can leave in-app purchases on if you wish.
Once you have enabled
Restrictionsthen at the bottom of the second section,Allowed Contentyou will seeRequire Passwordand underneath they even have a little promptRequire password for purchases.Change this from the default of
15 minutestoImmediatelyand your problem is fixed.