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zekers
on May 2, 2014
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Apple, Facebook, others defy authorities, notify u...
800 million credit cards on file.
GregorStocks
on May 2, 2014
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That's extremely valuable data to Apple and a great target for criminals, but I'm not sure the government would have much interest in it.
sukuriant
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This should be qualified with: since they already have it via credit card companies. You give your social security number when getting a credit card for a /lot/ of reasons. And these tend to be a good reasons.
lostlogin
on May 2, 2014
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The majority of Apple's revenue is from outside the US. I have no idea what proportion of their credit card data is from outside the US, but we don't have these ID numbers.
http://www.worldofapple.com/archives/2014/01/27/apple-posts-...
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