Scary Thought | Ramblings of an e-trader

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

Scary Thought

So the other day, it was in the news about Gmail / Yahoo / MSN Passwords Exposed. I suddenly had a scary thought. eBay requires our credit card information to be on file even if we are just Buying. I understand that this is required if we are selling as we will be billed for Selling fees but even for Buying? And worse, for asking a Seller a question only?

Also, we are required to disclose our Social Security Number to Google Adsense program and some paid to post programs. Hello, ever heard of identity theft?

It is indeed scarier when you think that compared to identity theft, having the password of your email account exposed is not such a big deal when it could be changed if you realise it fast, but can one change his credit card and social security numbers that easily?

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