Article today at Ars about Paypal freezing Mailpile's account http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/09/paypal-freezes-45000-of-mailpiles-crowdfunded-dollars/
Paypal has frozen Notch's, the Master of Minecraft, Paypal account at least twice before, according to his blog posts: (15 Jun 2009) I wonder why I used paypal.. & (10 Sep 2010) Working on a Friday update, crying over paypal.
If you live in US or Australia you can buy Minecraft Prepaid cards from many stores, I blogged details at http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2013/08/minecraft-prepaid-pc-mac-cards-in-usa.html
I am not a fan of Paypal, I have blogged about the reasons before, see Paypal Make It Right!
Just click on Paypal or Minecraft labels to see all my posts on those topics, labels can also be found in cloud at left side of blog, or at bottom left of every post.
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Showing posts with label Paypal. Show all posts
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Security & Hacking: PayPal Authorization bypass issue
Read the Live Hacking article first, it is much better written, so it is lot easier to understand, http://www.livehacking.com/2012/11/02/paypal-bug-bounty-program-not-working-as-well-as-it-should/
But I saw this issue on SC Magazine first http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/321584,paypal-security-holes-expose-customer-card-data-personal-details.aspx
Neil Smith is the White Hat Hacker that found the vulnerability, his original blog post on the issue is http://l8security.com/post/33876600904/paypal-bug-bounty-a-lesson-in-not-being-a-fuckup
Have to say, he has a catchy title, though his blog post won't be easy to understand unless you have certain minimal coding/computer skills.
The Live Hacking article is the best one for general audience IMHO.
I have blogged about PayPal issues before http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/12/psa-paypal-make-it-right.html
In that post I mentioned a hack that impacted friends of mine:
"A friend of mine passed away earlier this year, leaving a wife and two kids, and Paypal donations for them were stolen & Paypal wouldn't step up then either. So this is the second time this year that I know of, where Paypal doesn't really seem to want to step up and make it right."
But I saw this issue on SC Magazine first http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/321584,paypal-security-holes-expose-customer-card-data-personal-details.aspx
Neil Smith is the White Hat Hacker that found the vulnerability, his original blog post on the issue is http://l8security.com/post/33876600904/paypal-bug-bounty-a-lesson-in-not-being-a-fuckup
Have to say, he has a catchy title, though his blog post won't be easy to understand unless you have certain minimal coding/computer skills.
The Live Hacking article is the best one for general audience IMHO.
I have blogged about PayPal issues before http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/12/psa-paypal-make-it-right.html
In that post I mentioned a hack that impacted friends of mine:
"A friend of mine passed away earlier this year, leaving a wife and two kids, and Paypal donations for them were stolen & Paypal wouldn't step up then either. So this is the second time this year that I know of, where Paypal doesn't really seem to want to step up and make it right."
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
PSA: Paypal Make it Right!
PSA: Public Service Announcement.
Edited to add Verification: CNN & The Consumerist & Wall Street Journal
And Petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/president-paypal-unfreeze-regretsys-account-to-help-children-in-need
This isn't exactly Esport related, but Totalbiscuit retweeted this post. If this is legit, I really want people to send a polite message to Paypal letting them know what you think of this.
A friend of mine passed away earlier this year, leaving a wife and two kids, and Paypal donations for them were stolen & Paypal wouldn't step up then either. So this is the second time this year that I know of, where Paypal doesn't really seem to want to step up and make it right.
Also worth thinking about if you don't like this attitude, or policy of Paypals, as an Esport community we could shift a lot of dollars to another company, or companies, that cared a bit more about Charity. How would the Starcraft 2 community feel if this happened to one of Sheth's or TLO's charity events?
Source and full story at http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/:
Edited to add Verification: CNN & The Consumerist & Wall Street Journal
And Petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/president-paypal-unfreeze-regretsys-account-to-help-children-in-need
This isn't exactly Esport related, but Totalbiscuit retweeted this post. If this is legit, I really want people to send a polite message to Paypal letting them know what you think of this.
A friend of mine passed away earlier this year, leaving a wife and two kids, and Paypal donations for them were stolen & Paypal wouldn't step up then either. So this is the second time this year that I know of, where Paypal doesn't really seem to want to step up and make it right.
Also worth thinking about if you don't like this attitude, or policy of Paypals, as an Esport community we could shift a lot of dollars to another company, or companies, that cared a bit more about Charity. How would the Starcraft 2 community feel if this happened to one of Sheth's or TLO's charity events?
Source and full story at http://www.regretsy.com/2011/12/05/cats-1-kids-0/:
As you know, we have been trying to buy Christmas presents for kids in the Regretsy community.
We took many applications, vetted them carefully and set about creating a giant gift exchange program, where you could buy a gift for the over 200 children we’re helping.
We raised so much money that we found ourselves in a position of not just being able to send toys, but to send a monetary gift to the families as well. We hoped it might help them make their holiday dinners more special, or maybe pay a pressing bill.
PAYPAL SHUT IT DOWN
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