joshua274

Q: Apple Pay Possible Secuity Flaw

call me paranoid and overthinking but what's to stop people from using a mobile Apple pay reader standing next to u double tapping your watch button and taking money from your account. With enough practice in sure people could do this without you knowing.

 

or another scenario is your drunk at a bar and some just does 2 presses to that button uses a mobile reader and bam money gone.

 

at least with iPhone u need your finger print. To do a payment.

 

do I sound over paranoid? Lol or does this sound like a valid issue?

 

i Stopped my Apple pay on my watch once I seen how easy it was to do.

 

atleast allow me to add a passcode to it.

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Posted on May 17, 2015 1:23 PM

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Q: Apple Pay Possible Secuity Flaw

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  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman May 17, 2015 1:28 PM in response to joshua274
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    May 17, 2015 1:28 PM in response to joshua274

    That does sound overly paranoid to me.  If I were conscious, I would be aware of someone touching my watch.

     

    But if you're really concerned you can force lock the Apple Watch as follows:

     

    Press and hold the side button until the sliders appear.  Then drag the lock device slider to the right.  You will then be required to enter the passcode the next time you try to use the Apple Watch.

  • by joshua274,

    joshua274 joshua274 May 17, 2015 1:30 PM in response to sberman
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    May 17, 2015 1:30 PM in response to sberman

    THank you I did not know u could do that.

     

    might be paranoid lol just saying tho criminals will try anything lol

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 17, 2015 1:33 PM in response to joshua274
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    May 17, 2015 1:33 PM in response to joshua274

    I Don't know about you but I'd notice if someone was touching my arm. If I was drunk enough in public  that I didn't notice, I would de sever to have my money stolen. 

  • by joshua274,

    joshua274 joshua274 May 17, 2015 1:38 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    May 17, 2015 1:38 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    II'm sure i would notice too. But with enough practice I'm sure people could do it without someone knowing.

     

    there are people who can pickpocket and steal things right off u so I'm sure anything is possible lol.

     

    love my apple watch tho just pointing things about before someone does something stupid and like always blames apple.

     

    i Can already see apple getting sued over it as we all know how sue happy America can be

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 17, 2015 1:49 PM in response to joshua274
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    May 17, 2015 1:49 PM in response to joshua274

    Pick pocketing doesn't involve grabbing someone's wrist and holding it over a terminal.  In fact, a good pick pocket barely touches you.

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman May 17, 2015 1:53 PM in response to joshua274
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    May 17, 2015 1:53 PM in response to joshua274

    Would a pickpocket victim sue the bank that issues their credit card which was stolen, because the credit card should have been permanently attached to the victim, or equipped with some electronic detection system to determine it was no longer in the victim's possession?

     

    I think a far-fetched notion has progressed even further into the fantasy realm.

  • by joshua274,

    joshua274 joshua274 May 17, 2015 1:57 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    May 17, 2015 1:57 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    im sure someone would make a small enough payment terminal to achieve this.

     

    we already wear a computer on our wrist lol anything is possible

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair May 17, 2015 2:25 PM in response to sberman
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    May 17, 2015 2:25 PM in response to sberman

    sberman wrote:

     

    Would a pickpocket victim sue the bank that issues their credit card which was stolen, because the credit card should have been permanently attached to the victim, or equipped with some electronic detection system to determine it was no longer in the victim's possession?

    And if they take cash, should we sue the government for making cash hard to trace?

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman May 17, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
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    May 17, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    Meg St._Clair wrote:


    And if they take cash, should we sue the government for making cash hard to trace?

    And then we should sue the government again for the increase in taxes they will levy on us to pay for the hard-to-trace lawsuit

     

    Yes, indeed, we're way out there ...

  • by joshua274,

    joshua274 joshua274 May 17, 2015 2:59 PM in response to sberman
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    May 17, 2015 2:59 PM in response to sberman

    PEople sue Apple over the stupid iPhone bumpers way back then.....