Apple's
reveal of iOS 8 at WWDC last week delivered a number of surprises, but
users are still discovering more features, including a new
credit-card-scanning option in Safari.
The
feature enables you to use the iPhone's camera to scan your credit-card
number when prompted by a website during ecommerce transactions.
When
presented with a credit-card field in the iOS 8 version of Safari,
you'll see a "Scan Credit Card" prompt, a new part of the Passwords and
AutoFill option already available in iOS 7, which allows you to store
credit-card details for future online purchases. The new feature uses
character recognition to translate the image of your credit card into
distinct numbers on your iOS device, according to 9to5Mac.
Another
less-publicized feature of iOS 8 is that it generates random MAC (media
access control) addresses when scanning for Wi-Fi networks, a dynamic
that will make it slightly more difficult for marketing companies to
track you via your MAC address.
A programmer in Switzerland noticed the new feature, and posted a tweet, along with a screenshot of the update on Sunday.
Given
the many changes in iOS 8, a few more surprises will likely crop up in
the coming weeks. But if you aren't a developer or enrolled in Apple's
public-beta program, you'll have to wait until the fall to take
advantage of all the goodies in the next iteration of iOS.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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