It doesn't?
All recent MacBooks I have seen insist rather hard to be paired with an account and a credit card number. I have never done the initial setup of an iOS device, but I would have assumed that it was the same or worse.
All recent MacBooks I have seen insist rather hard to be paired with an account and a credit card number. I have never done the initial setup of an iOS device, but I would have assumed that it was the same or worse.
It's been a while since I set it up, but if I recall correctly you can create your "Apple ID" online and select 'None' for the credit card, then you sign in on your device with that account.
When you're creating an account on the device, I think it may force you pair a credit card though.
That is completely untrue, unless you are seeing some weird install of OS X. But you're not, you're making stuff up.
You can skip the product registration and you can skip signing in with your Apple ID and essentially have an "anonymous" install with little effort.
iPhone 5 + iOS 6: doesn't know a thing about my credit card, and never will.
Irrelevant as those users will not care and just punch in their credit card if asked.
The identity part? I have an account, so yes, some sort of 'identity' is revealed, but that doesn't relate to the credit card part.
They still do not know a thing about any of my credit cards, from initial setup to everyday use.