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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by discussedbefore on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @11:20AM (#16745479)
How close is Apple Pay? Is there anything in an Apple Pay transaction identifying the customer (that can be correlated across purchases)?

I've heard good things but I have no idea about the details.

Edit: https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/02/apple-pay-an-in-depth-lo...

merchant sees NO account information but has the final four digits of the PAN [CC number] as an account identifier to use as a mechanism for tracking volume/activity per account

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Re:A radical proposal to keep your personal data safe by saagarjha on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @12:59PM (#16746679)
Like another comment mentioned, no matter how secure Apple Pay is, any sort of anonymity is easy defeated by having a video camera pointed at your face.
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