Following discoveries that both rooted and stock Android phones are vulnerable to attack, vice president of Google Wallet and payments Osama Bedier posted a letter today defending the service and reassuring customers that it is still safer than traditional payment methods. He cites that Google Wallet is protected by both an in-app PIN and a screen lock (if you have one set up), and in order to maintain security, he recommends that all Google Wallet users keep their phones unrooted, since it’s not hard for a thief to access your Wallet PIN on a rooted phone. Additionally — to help keep stock devices safe following the latest finding that funds could be accessed by simply wiping the application’s settings — the team has temporarily turned off provisioning of prepaid cards, preventing you from setting up a new card (old ones should still work just fine).
Google Wallet reassures customers of safety, turns off prepaid card provisioning
Following discoveries that both rooted and stock Android phones are vulnerable to attack, vice president of Google Wallet and payments Osama Bedier posted a letter defending the service and reassuring customers that it is still safer than traditional payment methods.
Following discoveries that both rooted and stock Android phones are vulnerable to attack, vice president of Google Wallet and payments Osama Bedier posted a letter defending the service and reassuring customers that it is still safer than traditional payment methods.
In the statement the executive also reminds users that Google will help you out if you lose your phone — you can call them up (855-492-5538) and have the app disabled. In the meantime, be sure to turn a screen lock on your phone, will you?
