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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

What You Didn't Know About iTunes


Sorry blog readers, I was on hiatus for a little while if you hadn't noticed. I had the unfortunate task of cleaning up my credit. Yes, sadly, someone hacked into my itunes and almost wiped out my money!!! No worries, all is well in the world - my husband and I got the problem fixed (and our money back).

Learning from every catastrophe, I had to find the reason why some hackers got our info. The long and short, because my information was sitting in itunes like a sitting duck, a hungry hacker came and got it (yes, sadly Apple is not safe from Hackers). And if you have itunes, which I'm sure you do, yours is too! It's only a matter of time before you get an angry phone call from your husband asking you to return all the Coach bags you bought!

Removing your info from itunes via your iphone and prevent fraud (or, in my case, further fraud):
Go to
Settings>Store> and once you are in "store" click "sign out"

Removing your info from itunes (as taken from eHow.com, contributor Jason Artman)
Step1
Launch iTunes. Click "Store," then click "View My Account."
Step 2
Enter your password to log into the iTunes music store. This will bring you to the Apple account information screen.
Step 3
Click "Edit Payment Information."
Step 4
Click the radio button labeled "None," and then click "Done." Your credit card is now removed from iTunes.
Step 5
Confirm that your card has been removed by returning to the Apple account information screen. Under "Payment Information," it should say "No credit
Now, you don't have to deprive yourself of your favorite songs, a co-worker of mine had a great idea - BUY GIFTCARDS and use them! No personal info, VOILA!

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