I’ve always wondered why was it locked only to merchants, anyone knows?

  • th3dogcow@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just speculation but perhaps it would be easy for credit card criminals to steal money quickly? Steal a card. Tap to pay. Use the funds to buy Amazon gift card or whatever. Ditch the apple account. Rinse and repeat.

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      1 year ago

      You still need faceid to activate tap to pay. I’m not sure how activating user to user to user tap would make things any different.

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        1 year ago

        some small amounts may be paid before unlocking (at least on android)