Kindle 1-Click
bart4858
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Just bought a refurbished device yesterday. Managed to make a first purchase for 77p, which seems reasonable enough.
But then a child grabbed it and took it away to play with for half an hour or so. When I got it back, I noticed there were a couple more items in the library! They seemed to be subscriptions or magazine content, which I assumed were free....
...until I looked at some Amazon emails today! One was a subscription with a free trial, which I managed to cancel. The other was for £4.99!
How is it possible for just anyone to take my device and download any amount on stuff on it, without having to enter a password or anything? Is it possible somehow to disable this 1-click thing? I suppose turning off the wi-fi might stop a child ordering things, but wouldn't stop anyone else turning it back on!
Without cancelling all my cards with Amazon, is it going to be safe to take this device on holidays, without it potentially costing me thousands, or should I just take a sledge-hammer to it as soon as possible?
But then a child grabbed it and took it away to play with for half an hour or so. When I got it back, I noticed there were a couple more items in the library! They seemed to be subscriptions or magazine content, which I assumed were free....
...until I looked at some Amazon emails today! One was a subscription with a free trial, which I managed to cancel. The other was for £4.99!
How is it possible for just anyone to take my device and download any amount on stuff on it, without having to enter a password or anything? Is it possible somehow to disable this 1-click thing? I suppose turning off the wi-fi might stop a child ordering things, but wouldn't stop anyone else turning it back on!
Without cancelling all my cards with Amazon, is it going to be safe to take this device on holidays, without it potentially costing me thousands, or should I just take a sledge-hammer to it as soon as possible?
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You can also set a device password.
Access to these functions depends on which Kindle you have.
Help is here.
Dont want to lecture but if a 'child' just grabbed my kindle to play with it would be less than half an hour before I'd get it back. You could take you card's off Amazon and only pay with pre payes vouchers if your that worried.
edit: just seem the advise above and yes you can add parental controls and remove access to the shop
Password your Kindle makes it difficult to use.
Why? It doesn't have to be long and/or complicated. It's not Fort Knox.
Longer passwords are more difficult to guess.
Thanks. All I found online was that 1-click itself couldn't be disabled.
I've just tried the device password too but it's a bit a of a pain having to enter it every time I turn it on (my Kindle has no tactile keyboard nor touch-screen).
The parental control password I assume will also be sufficient to stop anyone else maliciously ordering things via my account (if it got stolen for example)?
Not having kids of meddling age, I don't need parental controls and didn't realise there was a separate password for that.
Yes, it must be awkward entering text when you don't have a keyboard (mine does).
Or, has been said, switch off your wifi - the battery will last longer then.