Kids charging up a storm on Kindle Fire

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What happens is that when you order a Kindle Fire [...] it comes with your Amazon account information preloaded, along with “1-Click” ordering. That means anyone who is holding that device can place an order, whether it’s their account or not. No prompts come up to confirm the purchase or ask for a password.

So that means that the itchy fingers of toddlers can click way, including the 3-year-old daughter of Scenic Labs founder Jason Rosenfeld. He says his daughter was using the device and clicked on an image of a children’s product that appeared on the screen because it was in his shopping history — he had browsed the item while holiday shopping on his PC.

I admit, I chuckled a little reading this. Of course a kid is going to tap the pictures.


  • Tubbysgreentea

    Where’s the storm?

    • Steven Fisher

      You can actually order a Blackberry Storm 2 from Amazon using a web browser. I don’t know if you can do it from a Fire.

  • Anonymous

    That’s a pretty major oops on Amazon’s part. if they don’t fix it and fast they will likely find themselves with a lot of returns and some very bad PR.