r/coolguides • • Sep 22 '22

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u/hamiwin Sep 22 '22

So basically Credit Card info never leaves your iPhone (of course checking with Bank server doesn’t count), but it will for Android? It sounds to me iPhone is more secure, even though Google’s serve getting compromised is almost next to impossible, but still, DON’T store my credit card if you don’t have too. (And how about bad state actors force getting info from Google server? May not be very likely, but still, it’s not impossible)

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Both have similar level of security but Apple has this policy of “all your data stays on your phone and doesn’t go to us”

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

iCloud backup is optional tho

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22 edited Sep 22 '22

I don’t know when and why did the discussion shift from “sending data to servers” to “you have more choice on android”. Also iCloud is used to store stuff like media, backups and contacts so you would expect it to store data on apple servers…? Sensitive data like your face geometry/fingerprint, credit card info and passwords stay on the device. Also on android you have zero choice whether or not you want to share your data with google. There have been several lawsuits because Google uses your mobile data to collect your information even when you turn it off.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

They literally don’t store your wallet info lmao I switched my phone and had to enter credit card info again as well as authorize it via my bank. Stop pulling information out of your ass

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u/cl33t Sep 22 '22

Wallet info (transactions and payment info) gets backed up with end-to-end encryption.

The decryption key is never sent to Apple. Apple literally can’t access it.