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Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by cptskippy » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 1:24 PM UTC

gorena wrote: post #22

I attempted to sign up with a 50 character 1Password-generated password, and was told that passwords cannot be longer than 20 characters. I can't see any reason for this other than that they're storing them either encrypted or in cleartext. Use with caution.

> I can't see any reason for this other than that they're storing them either encrypted or in cleartext.

I can't see any reason for this conclusion other than the fact that you've never worked for a large corporation where product development often dictated by departments other than IT.

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by jhildings » Wed, Sep 02, 2015, 10:28 PM UTC

kedean wrote: post #65

jhildings wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's stupid, how can this kind of thing not be "available" in a country? It's totally isolated from the service

It's a financial service, they're covering their ass from unforeseen tax issues. If some people in Russia decide to use it, and paypal hasn't checked to be sure that this is all completely legit under Russian tax law, there will be huge problems for them.

But they won't even know where someone is right? Anyway I understand the point which also makes the argument for cryptocurrencies much stronger

Re: PayPal.Me

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Post by RamenJunkie_ » Thu, Sep 03, 2015, 10:52 AM UTC

mmackh wrote: post #14

It's fun to get in on services early and have the choice of a username: https://www.paypal.me/more

Oh wow, all of these make me really not want tot rust this service on any level. I mean how stupid can you be to not make a list of usernames to filter/block when designing this sort of system?