Notsofast

22july2013 said:

I was so excited when Apple bought Beddit. But how many years ago was that? Nothing has come of it yet, and the rumour is now maybe we'll see something by 2020?

chasm said:

The ruling by this judge is correct and law-abiding, and anyone who thinks otherwise should take their first-ever actual look at the relevant Constitution and related documents. It is all there very plainly: people in America have a right to be secure in the person and papers (the latter of which includes both physical documents and electronic documents), and they must not be forced to incriminate themselves -- and being forced to unlock a device through biometrics (at least) is very clearly forcing exactly that. I'm aware this creates difficulties for law enforcement under certain circumstances, but the Founders correctly reasoned that not making this an ironclad part of the Constitution would invite torture, and they were exactly right. Nothing in the Constitution or Bill of Rights assures law enforcement that they will have access to any tool they might possibly imagine they need to do their job, and indeed directly puts obstacles in the path of law enforcement out of an abundance of caution for the rights of citizens. The avoidance of tyranny and tyrannical tactics such as we're seeing now is very much the point of the document.

rob53 said:

Stores are still shutting off Apple Pay capability even though their POS hardware handles it. Home Depot is a perfect example. Until all POS hardware is forced to accept Apple Pay stores will continue to turn it off.  Of course users need to understand what they have and use it. 

This is the problem in the US!! I do recall being able to use Apple Pay at Home Depot, but, they, like others, have changed POS systems or payment services and they only accept chip or swipe cards now. Some places accept some NFC payments, but not Apple Pay. Some places have dropped everything except swipe. Most food places haven’t updated at all, only swipe, which is ridiculous! It’s not because people weren’t using it, there is some other reason for it. I think paying through an app has become what they all want, that way they can track your purchases and use or even sell that information. I am totally against this, you have to put your credit card information into each app to use it this way...and you have more and more servers where your credit card (and other information) is stored and more and more chances of it being hacked. ...Kroger won’t accept Apple Pay but working on another system like this. They aren’t listening to what we want, but trying to do what they want.

Unfortunately, there is no way to force merchants to accept Apple Pay. Only thing we can do is keep telling these companies we shop where we can use Apple Pay first, because we prefer the security, privacy and ease of use.

mobird said:

I know about all of Wal-Mart's bullshit to deny Pay but what is the reasoning that Home Depot uses?

rob53 said:

Stores are still shutting off Apple Pay capability even though their POS hardware handles it. Home Depot is a perfect example. Until all POS hardware is forced to accept Apple Pay stores will continue to turn it off.  Of course users need to understand what they have and use it.