Why you don’t need to be afraid of Apple Pay

01 Position the device close Your iPhone or Apple Watch doesn’t need to physically touch the terminal, but must be extremely close. Your bank account can’t be emptied if you’re simply standing by the payment desk 02 Make sure it’s unlocked Apple Pay will only work if your Apple Watch is unlocked and that means entering a passcode that only you should know. Even when you’ve done that, you have to physically double-click the side button to authorise the payment 03 Checking the transaction The card you’re paying with shows on the screen but the number doesn’t. No bank details are stored on your device; your Watch checks an encrypted code linked to your account instead 04 The Secure Element chip There’s a grand-sounding Secure Element chip in the iPhone,…

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