On 2014-09-10 09:25:17 +0000, Steve de Mena said:
> On 9/9/14, 5:15 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
>> On 2014-09-10 00:08:07 +0000, Steve de Mena said:
>>
>>> On 9/9/14, 1:33 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yep, these are the guys I'm going to trust with my credit card
>>>>>> information.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Because they limit their live stream?
>>>>>
>>>>> Now why would they do that in the major Apple event of the year?
>>>>
>>>> Don't know.
>>>>
>>>> But why is the fact that they limited their live stream to Apple
>>>> devices even a factor in deciding to whom it might be safe to give
>>>> your credit card info?
>>>
>>> Because they could handle the credit card data in the same sloppy
>>> manner as their livecast. If they couldn't turn off the Chinese or
>>> Japanese simultaneous audio for 25 or more minutes how do I know
>>> that they won't re-route the credit card info to the wrong
>>> destination, forget to secure a database and before you know it 100+
>>> million credit cards are in Eastern Europe or Asia.
>>
>> Oh... ....please.
>>
>> They're doing credit card data...
>>
>> ...RIGHT NOW.
>
> Nope, not doing payments to 3rd parties, which AirPay will do. That was
> a new product announcement.
And that has what to do with anything?
Apple is storing credit card data right now.
The ApplePay system won't be exposing that data on the iOS devices, nor
will even the merchant get it.
Wow. Someone used a password that somebody else figured out...
'"It's pretty clear that Apple's doing its best to guard your wallet
with this implementation — anything that might cause a credit card
charge via an unfamiliar iOS device is going to force you to
authenticate," Rose writes.'
Why?
All it shows is that demand exceeded supply.