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Vita Wanberg

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Aug 2, 2024, 1:11:10 AM8/2/24
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Ok so i have an iphone 7 plus and every since update 10 arrived i have been forced to sign in my password for free apps..i have a MasterCard and my billing address is correct but when i click done it says my credit card is declined i tried changing my billing address online and it still wouldn't go through and this is highly ******* me off because before the update i didn't have to sign in my password for free apps only for purchased apps funny thing is this started to happen today yesterday I wasn't having this problem so can you or someone please help me out

If None is not available - On your computer launch iTunes and click "iTunes Store" in the left navigation pane. Click the "down arrow" next to your name at the top right side of the page and click "Account." Enter your username and password and click "View Account" to log into your account information. Next to your Payment Type, click "Edit." Select the "None" button and click "Done." Confirm that your card has been removed by returning to the Apple account information screen. Under Payment Type, it should say that there is no credit card on file.

When you have a card on an account it has to be valid and accepted by iTunes, whatever you are downloading. You could either replace it with a valid card, or se if you can remove it : Change or remove your Apple ID payment information in the iTunes Store - Apple Support

BUT ALSO KNOW this information IS VERY USEFUL: It's not possible. Pass it on, or ask for a different question, like: Where in the terms I just accepted said that privacy is not possible as advertised?

Using a Netflix gift card is another easy way to pay for Netflix without a credit card. You can buy a Netflix gift card online on Recharge.com. Got one? Just enter the gift card PIN or code while setting up your Netflix account. You can redeem multiple gift cards on your account.

Embarking on a Netflix free trial without involving your credit card is not only feasible but also convenient. The range of methods discussed here, from PayPal and virtual cards to gift cards and other streaming platforms, empowers you to embark on your streaming journey smoothly.

My brother just received a new Roku device. He only wants to watch free content, and not a subscriber of any "pay" channels like Netflix, AmazonPrime, etc. Does he really have to create a Roku acct and provide credit card info?

Even if you use a credit card attached to your account nothing will be charged. I have one attached to mine but never use it. I always subscribe to paid channels directly from their own website. Follow this link to make a Roku account without a credit card. Using a Roku is free. There is no charge ever. Only if you physically subscribe to a paid service such as Netflix is there a charge. That charge will be whatever Netflix monthly cost is.

I don't have a Netflix account and never have done. I have a Gmail address which I have never used for public communication. Suddenly I started getting email to this Gmail address from Netflix - not a "Welcome to Netflix" email or one requesting address verification, but what looked like a monthly promo for an existing account. This was addressed to someone with a different real name, with that name not similar in any way to the Gmail name.

After a few of these messages I decided to investigate by going to Netflix and trying to log in with that email address. Using the "forgotten password" option I was able to get a password reset email, change the password and log in. The account appeared to be from Brazil, with some watch history but no other personal details stored and no payment information.

Soon the emails from Netflix started to ask me to update payment information. I didn't, of course, and then they changed to "your account will be suspended" and then "your account has been suspended". The "come back to Netflix" emails are still coming in occasionally.

I don't see how this could possibly be a phishing attempt - I carefully checked that I was on the real Netflix site, used a throwaway password not used on any other sites, and did not enter any of my personal information. I also checked the headers of the emails carefully and they were sent by Netflix. So is this just a mistake on somebody's part, mistyping an email address (although it's surprising that Netflix accepted it with no verification), or something more sinister?

(Note that the above steps don't include any "password reset" step for Jim to access the account; that's because the email from Netflix includes authenticated links that won't ask for it. The attacker wants the victim to click on the email links instead of visiting Netflix manually, this is what enables "Eve" to log back in to the account in step 7. Or, since Netflix emails authenticated links, possibly "Eve" already has one.)

The above situation is partially caused by Netflix (understandably) not recognizing Gmail's "dots don't matter" feature where email sent to [email protected] and to [email protected] end up in the same account. That doesn't really matter in your case (given that if this is how you're trying to be scammed, step 1 was skipped entirely), however.

The most probable situation is that someone used an arbitrary Gmail address (yours) in order to sign up for a free trial, or mistakenly tried to change their email to the wrong address (maybe to have a friend/family also get emails).

This would not be a "hack" or even a phishing attempt, just using any available address. This does mean that your Gmail address could not be used for a free trial at Netflix, so there is that negative impact to you.

As a side note, by logging into someone else's account, you have violated many country's "unauthorised access" laws. I would not make a habit of doing this (or telling others on public sites that you have".

I get dozens to hundreds of e-mails from legitimate companies (car dealers, LA dept of water and power, Macys.com, cell phone activation notes, the payroll company ADP, and Nationwide insurance) from people with my first name and an initial matching my last name.

The worst was in early 2019, when I received medical records (Lab results in a .PDF file) - a clear HIPAA violation, since e-mail isn't an authenticated or encrypted communications channel. The "medical records" person, who should know the law, was the sender of the e-mail.

In my case, none of them are nefarious, but represent clueless users or even worse, clueless sales clerks (such as Lenscrafters in Maryland), the Apple store in Manhattan, and others too numerous to mention.

I got emails from Netflix too saying that my account was cancelled and that there was a sign in attempt somewhere from the US... except that I live in Canada, and have never made a Netflix account in the first place. I went directly to the Netflix website and was able to speak to a representative, and they deleted the account. There was no payment information either. I don't understand why this happened, either someone has a similar email address yet without the dots, or perhaps there is some sinister reason, but I wouldn't know. I've wondered if someone might do this hoping that the other person would fill in their payment information, thus enabling the account.

The card should be one that has your banking address attached to it, so that verification of the address and postal code that you put into ChatGPT can take place. That typically would mean connection with a real account.

There are plenty of methods to confirm billing information. There is no literal need to demand a creditcard. Furthermore i frown upon this even being a thing, especially for a company that claims to want to be widely accessible for the world.

The developer forum is not the correct place to discus payment options for ChatGPT, please use help.openai.com and the support bot in the bottom right corner to leave your contact details and your issue should you wish to do so.

Quicken help was no good on this subject. I tried Netflix and they thought Quicken was a streaming app??? Anyway, I want to put ALL my bills in ebiller no matter that I pay myself or they are auto deducted as I need to make a budget. I am new to Quicken for Mac so I assume I have to put in all my bills thru E-billing so I can set up budget - or maybe not? If I can never get these to sync after I try each company to see if anyone even knows what Quicken is maybe I should set them up all as Manual and put in the amount as they are all the same amount every month? If anyone has any ideas on what to do, greatly appreciated.

In order to use E billing you need to either be paying for a Premier subscription to use Quicken's bill pay service, or your bank has to support Direct Connect with Bill Pay (which few banks do). Without E billing, you can still set up scheduled payments on the Bills & Income tab but you'll have to manage them yourself.

So, for creating a budget in Quicken Mac, you have to enter your projected income and expenses in the categories you want to track in your budget. then the budget will compare your projections against actual income and expenses as the year goes along. This gets easier in future years, because you can tell Quicken to create next year's budget as either a copy of the current year's budget or using the current year's actual as next year's budget numbers, and then tweak things however you want.

It takes some time to create a budget initially, but don't let it overwhelm you. You may want to start with the categories that account for most of your income and expenses and ignore, at least for the start, categories which have a small impact. It also depends on what you want together from your budget. For instance are you interested in the bottom line of all income and expenses? Then you need to budget and track all income and expenses. But some people budget for only what they consider their discretionary spending, to make sure they're staying in line in those categories, without building a complete budget for everything.

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