Think they mean the 'constant contact with your arm' check (i.e. how many seconds it waits between doing that check), not the power requirements of performing an NFC transaction
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Apple Watch Will Use Skin Contact for Apple Pay Security
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Think they mean the 'constant contact with your arm' check (i.e. how many seconds it waits between doing that check), not the power requirements of performing an NFC transaction
So someone is going to create a magical device to slide under someones wrist that also has a heart beat so the watch is somehow tricked and using another device to unbuckle the watch... as well as stealing the phone with there third hand since the watch wouldn't work otherwise.
Or the salient could just steal the person's wallet and use the person's credit card like all thieves do. Your credit card is authorized for use indefinitely compared to the watch and people rarely ever ask to see ID's or check signatures and with a credit card you can order online compared to the watch which wouldn't show a number.
So tell me again how the watch will be less secure than what everyone is doing now?
Yes, according to Apple's press release:
"Apple Pay will also work with the newly announced Apple Watch, extending Apple Pay to over 200 million owners of iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s worldwide."
Don't worry. It's easier to chop off your thumb and use your phone with TouchID to pay.hope nobody want to chop my hand because of this
It wouldn't work everytime your heart beat changes though. Compared to just requiring touchid on phone to unlock it once and stays unlocked until you take it off. And to people saying they will cut off your arm, I think a much more realistic option would be for them to just steal your wallet/credit card in your pocket than cutting through bones just to get a credit card with fraud protection.
I think store security just might pick up on a severed wrist being waved around...
Great job Apple. Wish i could i buy the watch and iPhone 6 too.
Thinking alternately
iPhone 5S would tempt to cut your thumb,
Watch goes further, now thieves will have to go for the whole hand with part of wrist . I wonder whats next
Thinking alternately
iPhone 5S would tempt to cut your thumb,
Watch goes further, now thieves will have to go for the whole hand with part of wrist . I wonder whats next
Looking forward to seeing this being implemented in the next version of the Samsung watch.
Are you even paying attention: It's an authorization through the phone (touch ID activation) and a confirmation on the watch. If you don't like it, DON'T USE IT!!! USE YOUR PHONE INSTEAD.
There are 100's of other things the watch is good for.
This is actually a balance between convenience and security.
It's not "kludgy"...I guess some people are just prima donnas...
There are 100's of other things the watch is good for.
This is actually a balance between convenience and security.
It's not "kludgy"...I guess some people are just prima donnas...
This is exactly what I was thinking... seems like the perfect solution. This way payments would always be using Touch ID for verification.
I have to re-enter my passcode on my iPhone NOW about ten times a day. So the difference here is... ????
but the blood would cause liquid damage and the watch might not work....
And seriously, lie about the pin. They aren't holding u at gunpoint to buy condoms and cigarettes at the walgreens.
The logical thing would be to have a kill switch that you can activate in the phone (assuming they dont steal that too) or in icloud
What people WANT is to come up with really, really stupid objections.
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Then drag the body into Home Depot.
Irony is Apple's virtue.
Honestly, I am just excited to get this watch. I haven't had any kind of watch since 10 years ago. This will be my first.
You people have really outdone yourselves in terms of the vapidity of these observations. It really is a remarkable accomplishment.
Only ten? I think I have to unlock my phone at least 50 times everyday.
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People just want to appear smart by objecting anything. But when they tried too hard, they really looks silly. "Why the sky is blue, the colour is so boring."
If you have a security code, or use TouchID, you have to unlock it EVERY time you pick up your phone. How can you possibly see it being a problem entering a security code every time you put the watch on? Unless you're Paris Hilton and have butlers and maids for everything, grow up.
In real life, the annoying part will be when you're in line behind someone trying to pay with their watch that hasn't been reauthorized yet.
It'll be even worse if they left their phone somewhere else
It'll be even worse if they left their phone somewhere else
I can't imagine the usual number of times someone would put a watch on per day would make this much of an issue.