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PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message?
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:22:25 GMT
Despite the frustrating lack of details here, the article goes on to say that "Users will first have to register their mobile devices with PayPals Web site and select a code to protect them against unauthorized users." Wow. Does this sound like a potential avenue for abuse, or what? ;-) [snip] PayPal, the online payment service owned by eBay Inc., has begun testing a new offering to allow people to make and receive payments using cell phones and other mobile devices. PayPal Mobile is being tested by an unspecified number of eBay employees and will be available to the public in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in the next few weeks, eBay spokeswoman Amanda Pires said. [snip] A bit more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11966681/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Fergie (Mar 22)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 22)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Mark P. Fister (Mar 23)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? security curmudgeon (Mar 23)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 23)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Mark P. Fister (Mar 24)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Mark P. Fister (Mar 23)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 22)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Mark P. Fister (Mar 23)
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- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Fergie (Mar 23)
- Re: PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message? Mark P. Fister (Mar 24)