Is Wiiware really this bad?

[TWRoO]

windbane said:

TWRoO said:

If someone steals your PS3 they could access your credit card number, copy the card and spend a lot more than $500.

Yes it is unlikely, but possible.

@bdbdbd, I don't think that is true, a number of times I have counted the coins between mario hitting the blocks, never all at once but I am pretty sure it is 13 between each block hit whatever size the game is.

It only shows you the last 4 digits of the credit card. Thankfully, not everyone thinks like Nintendo does. Most online websites save your credit card number, too. What you're saying is that if someone steals my PC they can get my credit card because I bought a book from amazon.com.

Well that is a website storing it (and apart from Amazon and Play.com I don't pay for stuff online myself) I thought the PS3 stored it, which would seemingly make it easy to find the rest of the numbers.

Although come to think of it, it's more likely stored on a Sony server to which only your PS3 has access, which would mean that if your PS3 was stolen they could use it to buy stuff from PSN, but as they will only see the last 4 digits they wouldn't be able to copy the card to use it elsewhere.

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Anyhow the point people were making is that it is not a problem at all, and the security measures are a good thing when thinking of children using points the parents don't know about. Personally I bet most people just buy the points from shops like I do.

@bloody swamp.... Say what? can I play with Mario while he is downloading... I didn't even notice, I think mine was fire mario, does he only appear when I have downloaded a certain amount or something.