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Apple Watch Will Use Skin Contact for Apple Pay Security
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No matter how bony, a watch will always have contact with your skin. Now the question is do ALL 4 sensors need to be in contact or at least just one. I like to wear my watches slightly loose so I would hate to re-enter a pin while wearing it.
So the robbers can't just chop off your finger; they have to chop off your arm now.
Just kidding.
Just kidding.
Samedung: hey apple, you stole my idea!
Apple: no I did not.
Samedung: I will sue you just the same for stealing my idea. It is my idea, convergence of design, you see?
Apple: oh brother!
Ok so this means the watch will know which skin is it? Mine or someone else's? And everytine I remove the watch I have to again enter my pin?
Maybe the second generation Apple Watch will have Touch ID and be waterproof.
Now, how would that work? If you're wearing a watch try holding it up close to the wall while keeping your finger on the watch face.
With our slow legal system, does it even matter? Samsung and Google will make billions by the time the case is even heard by a jury. And even when they lose, it'll be a slap on the wrist compared to what they'll have made by stealing.
Hm
Only flaw with Apple's approach I see is someone overseeing you enter the PIN, then steal your watch, put it on their hand, re-enter the PIN, and go shopping.
Only flaw with Apple's approach I see is someone overseeing you enter the PIN, then steal your watch, put it on their hand, re-enter the PIN, and go shopping.
I'm sure you will be asked to enter your PIN as soon as you put on the watch. Won't have to remember a thing.
I'm amazed at all the idiotic reasons people can think up for not liking the Apple Watxh.
You have to press the side button when paying with the watch. It's in the demo I think.
You don't have to worry about drive-by transactions
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Watch transaction requires authorization after it is scanned by double-pressing the physical button on the side of the watch.
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An Watch transaction requires authorization after it is scanned by double-pressing the physical button on the side of the watch.
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Watch transaction requires authorization after it is scanned by double-pressing the physical button on the side of the watch.----------
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Watch transaction requires authorization after it is scanned by double-pressing the physical button on the side of the watch.
Easy, if you spot Ethan Hunt (or James Bond, or Jason Bourne, or Nikita) trying to steal your Apple Watch, run the other way!
Really? Well, I'm not a total mess who falls asleep in my own drunken vomit, and I don't expect someone to unlock my phone in the dead of night in order to go shopping. Also, I don't live with trash who would steal from me, and I don't take homeless people into my home at night, so I think I'll take the risk.
That's what I was thinking, but why can't Apple take it one step further and authenticate it without requiring the password once it detects TouchID from your iPhone (which many of us do on a daily basis)?
So every morning I will have to put in a PIN code? Hassle.
I'm surprised the new fine-grained pressure-sensitive touch screen can't recognise my fingerprint and use that for authentication. That would be genius.
Alternatively, if the sensors are able to typify my heartbeat, or capillaries in my wrist, so that when I strap it on the watch recognises me, that would also be good.
Strapping it on, and then tapping the TouchID on the phone to authenticate (possibly with the phone recognising the wrist it is placed on and then matching that to the phone as an alternative to entering a PIN would also be a good solution.
I will be surprised if one really has to enter a pin every day, or every time they take the watch off during the day, to unlock these features on the watch once they strap it on again.
I'm surprised the new fine-grained pressure-sensitive touch screen can't recognise my fingerprint and use that for authentication. That would be genius.
Alternatively, if the sensors are able to typify my heartbeat, or capillaries in my wrist, so that when I strap it on the watch recognises me, that would also be good.
Strapping it on, and then tapping the TouchID on the phone to authenticate (possibly with the phone recognising the wrist it is placed on and then matching that to the phone as an alternative to entering a PIN would also be a good solution.
I will be surprised if one really has to enter a pin every day, or every time they take the watch off during the day, to unlock these features on the watch once they strap it on again.
looks lame. what if:
1. i put finger underneath the watch and then take it out? that way it should measure the heartbeat as well from finger tip, right?
2. many ppl takes off watch several times a day. that includes workers of certain types (for safety, chemicals etc), practicing muslims (for ablutions). i dont think people will buy things every few minutes. that means they got to put pin each time. what difference does it make from entering the pin for ur card?
1. i put finger underneath the watch and then take it out? that way it should measure the heartbeat as well from finger tip, right?
2. many ppl takes off watch several times a day. that includes workers of certain types (for safety, chemicals etc), practicing muslims (for ablutions). i dont think people will buy things every few minutes. that means they got to put pin each time. what difference does it make from entering the pin for ur card?
If Apple is smart, they'd design it so it detects TouchID when we first use our iPhone 5s/6/6+ upon wearing the watch and this takes the place of having to enter the passcode.
At which point you will likely not ever care again...
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Okay, please just stop and think before you post. First of all, the sensors are sophisticated enough that they used infrared and visible LEDs to sense your heart rate. I think they're sophisticated enough to know the difference between someone's warm skin, with blood flowing through it and a warmed up plastic card. Next, how long do you think the card would stay at body temp? Certainly no more than 3 seconds. Sheesh! It's a wonder Apple ever gets a product out of their labs without your brilliant engineering mind.
