____/ Big Bill on Sunday 23 December 2007 23:21 : \____
> I've just had my Paypal account suspended as I have to re-confirm my
> identity in line with EU money-laundering rules. Like, so much goes
> through my account! Fucking stupidity. The reality though is
> different. They insist on seeing a passport (don't have one) a driving
> license (don't have one) and most disconcertingly, they insist on
> seeing my ID card. I'm British, we don't have them! I know they're
> talking about bringing them in but I don't believe anyone actually has
> one yet. This seems political to me. Anyone else had problems?
>
> BB
Whenever I open a PP account, it gets terminated (expired) for being too idle.
It has become so much of a nuisance that it's barely worth the effort unless
you make many transactions.
Poor software security (indpendent from eBay) is one of the things that kill
PP. Those services, just like online banking, assume that the user controls
his/her own machine. In reality, most PCs are affected by some form of malware
and about a third are controlled partly by a criminal (i.e. zombie).
Botnets made the Net chaotic and phishing too relies on them (brute force), not
to mention cybercrime (proxies make the criminals less traceable).
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