[LunaSea]

No-contact payment is exactly the kind of secure piece of engineering we needed. Especially after the iCloud debacle. /s

[joshdick]

Actually, this has been working great in other first-world countries for years.

The U.S. is one of the last places to get this.

[andyhmltn]

Apple doesn't store the card details on their servers. So that's irrelevant.

[LunaSea]

If someone steels your iPhone it's not.

[andyhmltn]

Well, they would have to steal your thumb as well. That's the whole point: It's encrypted using TouchID