How Secure Is Android Pay?

How Secure Is Android Pay?
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Can Android pay be hacked?

Samsung has confirmed its Pay service has a security issue that means hackers could spend money from your account, but it’s “extremely unlikely” to ever happen.

Magnetic Secure Transmission – one of the pieces of tech used by Samsung Pay to make payments – only works at short ranges, much like NFC.

Is Google Pay secure?

How secure is a Google Pay transaction? Transactions using Google Pay are secure as Google keeps all payment information on secure servers. Your full card details are never stored on your phone or shared with merchants when you use Google Pay.

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