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Comment Sheep in Wolf's Clothing (Score 1) 6

Before entrusting money (or personal information) to a website, people might check to see if the entity behind the website is regulated by any credible government agency. Most are not, many (or most?) have been thrown together by a few tech-bros with the goal of turning a quick profit. They lack any regulatory oversight and likely dispense with the parts of their plan that isn't immediately profitable, like strong security. User privacy is a commodity, another way to make money, not a corporate sacred tenet.

Read the fine print, people!

Comment I was prescient (Score 1) 35

I haven't used PP for personal payments in a decade or more, preferring to pay using my Visa card. Always felt that PP was impersonating a bank without all those pesky rules and regulations that banks need to adhere to. Happy that I've also eluded another data sucker intent on making money by selling what they know about me.

Anyone taking bets about PP providing an "opt out" for this abomination?

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