Apple locks NFC chip to Apple Pay while PayPal fires shot at security

Macworld
Sep 16, 2014, 11:22 am349 pts
When Apple unveiled Touch ID, a fingerprint sensor that verifies your identity to unlock your phone and confirm purchases and app installs, developers clamored for Apple to open up the feature to third parties. Now that Apple has baked NFC technology into the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, developers want access. But…

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