# eBay, PayPal, please die in a fire.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-paypal-please-die-in-a-fire/514914>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 23, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-paypal-please-die-in-a-fire/514914 "2009-10-23T23:50:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-paypal-please-die-in-a-fire/514914/21 "2009-10-24T19:41:46Z")

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> Wait… what? You want me to give you my checking account number and my online credentials? How about my ATM PIN, my mother’s maiden name, SSN, and a spare set of keys to my house?

Yeah, I can’t imagine why you’d balk at giving them such access…I mean, they never make mistakes, and they never have security breaches.

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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-paypal-please-die-in-a-fire/514914/22 "2009-10-25T03:34:27Z")

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> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#):
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> Yeah, I can’t imagine why you’d balk at giving them such access…I mean, they never make mistakes, and they never have security breaches.

Or employees who cannot resist temptation…

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-paypal-please-die-in-a-fire/514914/23 "2009-10-25T03:55:21Z")

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> [@curlcoat](#):
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> Or employees who cannot resist temptation…

In that case, it is a wonder you trust your bank with all that information.

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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-paypal-please-die-in-a-fire/514914/24 "2009-10-25T04:35:33Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> In that case, it is a wonder you trust your bank with all that information.

I don’t trust any one bank with all my money, but I do trust most banks with that information more than I trust PayPal.

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