Six-year-old girl uses sleeping mum's thumbprint to unlock iPhone and buy Pokemon toys on Amazon


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  • Wednesday, 28 Dec 2016

Six-year-old Ashlynd Howell bought 13 Pokemon toys worth US$250 on Amazon by using her sleeping mother's thumbprint to unlock an iPhone. PHOTO: BETHANY JOHNSON HOWELL VIA DAILY MAIL.

ARKANSAS: A six-year-old girl used her sleeping mother's thumbprint to unlock an iPhone - and bought herself US$250 (RM1,120) worth of Pokemon toys for Christmas on Amazon.

According to the Wall Street Journal, an exhausted Bethany Howell of Little Rock recently fell asleep on the couch while her daughter Ashlynd was playing nearby.

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