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>>> There are also behind-the-scenes protections against identity theft. E.g. if a merchant has a data breach, your Apple Pay card number can't be used to buy t
by vilmosi 10y ago
>>> There are also behind-the-scenes protections against identity theft. E.g. if a merchant has a data breach, your Apple Pay card number can't be used to buy things online.
Contactless cards work the same way. They don't send your card number, they send a token.
- germanier 10y agoNot necessarily. My German MasterCard and Visa cards don't use send the the full number. In fact, I think tokenization is a fairly recent addition to the standard.