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Apple announces Apple Card credit card
At Apple's "show time" services event today, it announced a new Apple Card credit card, promising to improve things about the credit card experience with simpler applications, no fees, lower interest rates, and better rewards.
To get an Apple Card, users will be able to sign up on their iPhone in the Apple Wallet app and get a digital card that they can use anywhere Apple Pay is accepted "within minutes." Customers will also be able to track purchases, check balances, and see when their bill is due right from the app. There will be a physical titanium card, too, but there's no credit card number, CVV, expiration date, or signature. All of that authorization information is stored directly in the Apple Wallet app.
Apple also says that it'll use machine learning and Apple Maps to label stores that you use in the app, and use that data to track purchases across categories like "food and drink" or "shopping." [...] Like many of Apple's products, privacy is a big push here. "Apple doesn't know what you bought, where you bought it, and how much you paid for it," said Jennifer Bailey, VP of Apple Pay. All of the spending tracking and other information is stored directly on the device, not Apple's servers. The company also promises that "Goldman Sachs will never sell your data to third parties for marketing and advertising."
Other companies have offered 3-4% cash back for certain purchases.
Also at Ars Technica.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:55AM (9 children)
This is obviously a complete lie. The entire payment service is administered by Apple, and there's no way to do it without knowing who to transfer money from, and who to transfer money to.
If you called up Apple Pay's tech support, and told them you believed there was a fraudulent transaction on your account, you can be certain that they'd pull up the transaction history, which would show the date, amount, and merchant of every transaction you made in the last month. (Because if they didn't, they would be in violation of credit card consumer protection laws.)
Citation that verifies this: https://sensorstechforum.com/new-apple-pay-privacy-method/ [sensorstechforum.com]
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:25AM (1 child)
Well, they have to lie. I mean, look at it from their point of view. They have a business to run. /s
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:06PM
It can't be a lie. Apple said it. Thus it MUST be true.
Have you not made your annual pilgrimage to Apple's WWDC to hear the
messiahum, I mean his successor Tim Cook speak the holy words? Tell you what products to buy? How to Think Different?To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Mykl on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:40AM (3 children)
This bears further scrutiny, but I note that your citation is an article about the original Apple Pay from 2014. Now they may still be using the same tech, but I will allow for the possibility of a change in their back-end processes. It does seem a strange thing to directly lie about, after all.
Your point re: protection laws etc remains valid.
Perhaps the spokesperson was saying that "Apple" doesn't see your transaction details, but perhaps "Apple Payment Administration Corp" does? If so, that's pretty weasely words. More information required.
In any case, I do believe (based on their track record for privacy to date) that Apple will keep this data private and not sell it to the highest bidder.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:18AM (2 children)
FTFY. Love those bears, yeah.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday March 27 2019, @02:08PM (1 child)
The best way to invite further scrutiny is to bare.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday March 27 2019, @06:18PM
Does not apply if you're a guy over 300 pounds.
Noticed and pointed at, but surely not scrutinized by anyone not wearing a uniform.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Whoever on Wednesday March 27 2019, @03:20AM (1 child)
Yes, it's hard to reconcile that claim with another claim in the article:
'Apple also says that it’ll use machine learning and Apple Maps to label stores that you use in the app, and use that data to track purchases across categories like “food and drink” or “shopping.” '
They can track your use without knowing anything about your use! Some deep magic there! Perhaps this is the start of Tim Cook's attempt to develop a reality distortion field?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:22AM
Let's be frugal in our expectations, lest he disappoints.
Let say "a distortion field" for now and let the "reality" for later.
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(Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:38PM
That's not even the best part...
Translation: "Darth Vader has personally promised that the Empire will leave Bespin alone, and not place a garrison there."
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.