[LINK] Age: 'Reserve Bank could scuttle eBay's plans'
Stephen Wilson
swilson at lockstep.com.au
Wed Apr 23 12:21:46 AEST 2008
Rick Welykochy wrote:
>> Alastair MacGibbon, eBay's trust and safety director, said ... one is
>> four times less likely to have a problem on eBay if one pays using
>> PayPal than with other methods.
>
> Can we do something to make SPIN illegal?
> Outright lying like this is an insult to all who read it.
That's pretty strong! I'm not defending eBay or PayPal (in particular,
I can't see how PayPal is fundamentally any more resistant to replay
attack than is a credit card scheme) but ... what exactly is the lie?
Cheers,
Stephen Wilson
Managing Director
Lockstep
Phone +61 (0)414 488 851
www.lockstep.com.au
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