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Comment by testmasterflex | Hacker News Reader

I’m super annoyed when websites still ask me for card details and can’t implement proper browser auto fill.

Is there a way I can get rid of all my physical cards and have them securely on my iPhone without saving the details in cleartext in a note?

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Safari AutoFill items are stored encrypted in the Keychain and require either the device passcode, Face ID or Touch ID to be accessed again.

macOS: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/ibrw1103/mac iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphccfb450b7/io...

Both my Canadian and Spanish banks have the ability to show me my card details in the banking apps themselves. I pretty much rely on my phone for everything here in Spain (even most ATMs even have “tap” NFC abilities) so getting card details in an app is convenient for online purchases, instead of finding the card itself.

Both my banks have the card details behind the login screen (faceID or user/pass) to just open the app, and then a PIN to see the details, so it feels fairly secure.

Apple Pay and some other payment methods generate a single-use token per transaction which is much safer than sharing you raw credit card number with a merchant. The token can only be used once for that particular transaction.

Lastpass and other password managers have this ability. It's great for other random data like account numbers, driver's license number, car vin, anything else.

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