Mary and all, Yes, you need to use touch ID to authenticate the purchase. Also, the device uses a specialized ID number, that gets tied to your actual card from your bank. It’s one of, if not the most secure methods of payment I’ve ever seen.
> On Sep 27, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mary, > > It's been awhile since I set up the credit card I use with Apple Pay in my > iPhone but I had to first add it to my Passbook. When I've used Apple Pay at > Walgreens and McDonald's, I first have to select the applicable credit card > in my Passbook and then make sure my appropriate finger is on the home touch > ID button before I hold the phone near the reading device to record the > purchase. I don't know if this procedure is the same for everyone or if I > set up certain settings for it to work this way. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Mary Otten > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 1:31 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Newbie Apple Pay question > > I have never used Apple Pay, only read about it. I am intrigued by the > notion of paying for something from your lock screen. On the other hand, it > seems awfully insecure. Say someone steals your phone and walks into a > store. As I understand it, all you have to do if you have wallet from the > lock screen enabled, is walk up to the register and hold your phone near the > special NFC reader, and presto. Your credit card is charged. Surely, there > is something more to it, something I am missing. > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
