Summary
Every few years, the news releases a story about how hackers have broken into the computer network of a major corporation and stolen all the credit card numbers that the company stored from their customers. Since you can't protect your credit or debit card number once it's stored on another company's computers, you can do the next best thing and protect your credit or debit card from getting read and stored by merchants in the first place.
By using Apple Pay whenever possible, you can protect your credit or debit card numbers because that information will never be given to any merchants, whether you shop online or in-person.
Since Apple Pay is linked to your fingerprint (Touch ID) or face (Face ID), it's extremely difficult for anyone to use your Apple Pay account without your permission. So, Apple Pay protects your credit or debit card numbers from thieves, whether they try to steal your credit or debit card numbers from another company or try to...