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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Are iOS (iPad, iPhone,

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Are iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod) in-app purchases preying on children?

http://bit.ly/fmWHIN  (Washington Post)

   "Over the winter break from school, 8-year-old Madison worked to
    dress up her simple mushroom home on the iPhone game Smurfs'
    Village. In doing so, she also amassed a $1,400 bill from Apple."

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