Re: what's the date today?
You forgot the tinfoil hat.
Apple talked this up in their recent presentation of Apple Pay. A differentiator that sets them apart from the likes of Google. If that was a lie, don't you think the card issuers would have something to say about that? And what would be the benefit to Apple in any case? There's nothing in it for them to track the kind of purchases that you make. That's not their business model.