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Paypal Thieves ebaY Wikipedia Vandalism Exposed and Resurrected

Giovanni — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:30:28 +0000

Paypal Thieves ebaY Wikipedia Vandalism Exposed and Resurrected

Cappnonymous exposes more ebaY and paypal customer service epic blunders and what appears to be another sad case of more evidence of ebaY misconduct vanishing under curious and questionable circumstances.

ebay Skype Fail Chronicles August 2nd 2009

Giovanni — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:29:29 +0000

ebay Skype Fail Chronicles August 2nd 2009

(it might be better to watch this at youtube

since they have larger screen size now in HQ or HD mode)

By: GoodByeEbay

Skype and ebay have some problems which are likely to cause trouble with Skypes big IPO or sale.
Who knows, it could open a big messy can of worms.

We glance at a few long standing Skype security and fraud issues, and recall some of the Vladuz era hijinx
Also looking at the StumbleUpon sale, and the apparent termination of Jose Mallabo, Former executive of Corporate Communications, as well as some hokiness with ebay removing feedback from a questionable new seller’s profile and NARU ing the person whom left it for them.

Youtube tags:

ebay skype paypal Joltid IPO investors wallstreet Bloomberg Vladuz VOIP security flaws boycott strike blackout eavesdropping backdoor credit card charges Techdirt Register Dan Goodin Danny Bradbury John Donahoe Meg Whitman 2010 Governor California Silicon Valley patents ideeli feedback fraud NARU counterfeit FrankenSkype Skypenstein

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EBay Blocking Discovery In Antitrust Action: Sellers

Giovanni — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:11:13 +0000

EBay Blocking Discovery In Antitrust Action: Sellers

New York (April 30, 2009) — EBay sellers who filed a putative antitrust class action against the online auction company have claimed the company is blocking access to electronically stored documents by refusing to use certain search terms in querying databases.

The plaintiffs filed a motion Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asking the judge to order eBay to apply the plaintiff’s proposed search terms…

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eBay execs call e-fencing bills unfair

Giovanni — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:33:27 +0000

Hilarious!

The World’s Biggest Online Crime Ring and Counterfeit Capital of the World again shows their hypocritical nature and demonstrates the fact that they seem to believe they are above the law.

In the article regarding the efencing and Organized Retail Crime bills now in Congress, and a Dog and Pony Show-like PR stunt they pulled in our nation’s Capitol, at the computerworld site:

…It’s unfair to “focus the legislative regime completely purely on the back end,”…

The problem is that ebay profits from both ends. They do little to nothing to ensure goods on their site are not stolen, or even register the user. Even Paypal user agreements offers NO Guarantee of the true ID of your trading partner(s)

It is a well known fact that they depend almost solely on their “community”, yet ignore the reports, even have been know to stonewall law enforcement.

As long as ebaY is deriving profits, they are in fact and in practice a partner in crime. Strike that, ebay is an enabler and the hub of crime, THE major player in a massive, worldwide continuing criminal enterprise. A pimp, a fence, a gangster, a shiny shoed, silvery-tongued thug.

As we all know, ebay fuels a huge illegal industry, anywhere in the neighborhood of $30-35 Billion per year. All consumers are suffering due to this.

What does ebaY do with their share of all the dirty money? I know I cannot be the only one wondering.

On any given day there is report after report after report of stolen, counterfeit, fenced goods etc. A couple notable recent events were the dodo_6666 copy ink efence affair and the ebay LEGO Dr. Phil Show Bandits

There has never been a situation which cried out for regulation as much as this one does. For ebay to even dream of resisting this is a complete, and very telling farce.

Please contact your legislators and insist that these bills get passed. Again, it is time for the laws to catch up with the 21st century. The general public would not allow this outrageous level of crime to be supported/profited from by any pawn shop, flea market, rummage sale etc. Why should we allow it in cyberspace? IT is high time to rein these clowns in and make them accountable for the situation they have helped to create by virtue of their very own inactions and irresponsibilty.

Redux – THE END of eBay (2009)

Giovanni — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:04:10 +0000

Redux – THE END of eBay (2009)

Excellent paper/blog post by Richard Bilderberg.

This appears to be a follow-up to THE RISE AND FALL OF THE eBay REICH.
If you have not read that yet, please download and read it.

This is a long, in-depth article, well written and researched. Much like it’s predecessor, it should be considered a MUST READ for all ebay users or prospective ebay users.

Since this is so lengthy, nor am I trying to steal anyone’s thunder, I shall post here only the very first couple paragraphs:

“eBay:
The Community is made up of members, buyers and sellers, as well as staff.

You’ll find that respect and communication are the cornerstones of a dynamic Community.

The Community is guided by the following five fundamental values:

We believe people are basically good.

We believe everyone has something to contribute.

We believe that an honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.

We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual.

We encourage you to treat others the way you want to be treated.

eBay is firmly committed to these principles. And we believe that community members should also honor them—whether buying, selling, or chatting with eBay friends.”

From Joseph Goebbels’ Speech on Adolf Hitler’s 49th Birthday (April 1938):

“The Fuehrer has probably never had so many happy people gathered about him for his birthday as in this year. […]And beyond our borders, millions upon millions of our ethnic clan join with the citizens of the Reich in a unique affirmation of loyalty, connectedness and faithful attachment. The highest form of joy there is on this earth is to make other people happy. Who has had this joy in fuller measure than the Fuehrer himself. I truly believe in the goodness in everyone, a fruitful environment, shared values where the individual strives and grows, within a great community.”

Now for the comedy part. LOL! As I looked for the exact URL of this Redux article, I got only one search result. That was on the ebaY Community Forums of all places. Thread title: “Meg Whitman on Business Culture“ But not surprisingly, the thread had been deleted even though it appeared to contain no violations, as I was lucky enough to find the cached page. Here that is preserved as a png document should anyone care to read that themselves.

Every time we see something like the above screencaptures illustrate, it adds even more weight to papers such as Redux – THE END of eBay (2009)

Boycott ebaY & PayPal!

More Than Half of Ex-Employees Admit to Stealing Company Data According to New Study

Giovanni — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:47:25 +0000

New study released by Symantec has some not too surprising results.

Employees who lost or left a job in 2008, which revealed 59 percent of ex-employees admit to stealing confidential company information, such as customer contact lists.
Further findings;

– 53 percent of respondents downloaded information onto a CD or DVD, 42 percent onto a USB drive and 38 percent sent attachments to a personal e-mail account.
– 79 percent of respondents took data without an employer’s permission.
– 82 percent of respondents said their employers did not perform an audit or review of paper or electronic documents before the respondent left his/her job.
– 24 percent of respondents had access to their employer’s computer system or network after their departure from the company.

As this relates to ebay and PayPal, well there was that ugly little incident around March last year. It appeared to me that folks at Youtube and ebay forums were trying very hard to keep that info from becoming known, as any comments about it at youtube were instantly marked as spam, and/or comments at ebay forums were met with the usual denials by the very same hardcore, tired old group of suspected “paid word of mouth advertisers”, AKA shills on the Paypal forum.

If you visit this video and expand the (more info) area, you will see more screencaptures and links with some pretty strong evidence that hackers, phishers, scammers etc are only some of the things you need to be concerned about when using the Paypal service. Not to mention the fact that there very likely is a network to help cover-up all the misdeeds and misbehavior. Weasels in, and/or in charge of the henhouse?

Thwarting an Internal Hacker

Giovanni — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:31:20 +0000

Very interesting article by Bruce Schneier in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal.

Reminds me of a so-called “Glitch” which occurred with PayPal not long ago and was rumoured to have been the result of malicious coding by a disgruntled employee facing layoff.

Thwarting an Internal Hacker

Rajendrasinh Makwana was a UNIX contractor for Fannie Mae. On Oct. 24, he was fired. Before he left, he slipped a logic bomb into the organization’s network. The bomb would have “detonated” on Jan. 31. It was programmed to disable access to the server on which it was running, block any network monitoring software, systematically and irretrievably erase everything –and then replicate itself on all 4,000 Fannie Mae servers. Court papers claim the damage would have been in the millions of dollars, a number that seems low. Fannie Mae would have been shut down for at least a week.

Luckily –and it does seem it was pure luck – another programmer discovered the script a week later, and disabled it.

Insiders are a perennial problem. They have access, and they’re known by the system. They know how the system and its security works, and its weak points. They have opportunity. Bank heists, casino thefts, large-scale corporate fraud, train robberies: many of the most impressive criminal attacks involve insiders. And, like Makwana’s attempt at revenge, these insiders can have pretty intense motives – motives that can only intensify as the economy continues to suffer and layoffs increase.

Insiders are especially pernicious attackers because they’re trusted. They have access because they’re supposed to have access. They have opportunity, and an understanding of the system, because they use it – or they designed, built, or installed it. They’re already inside the security system, making them much harder to defend against.

Paypal $6,000+ EXTORTION, Chargeback Fraud, Collection Attempts!

Giovanni — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:28:19 +0000

Here is a real shocker. Well, it would have been some time ago, but these days nothing that Paypal or ebay does seems surprising anymore (or any less)

Paypal truly believes they are above the law.

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Paypal $6,000+ EXTORTION, Chargeback Fraud, Collection Attempts!

by myblurbs

You can see more ebaY-PayPal humdingers here, on the ebaY PayPal Hall of Shame playlist

How much I love ebay…

Giovanni — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37:02 +0000

How much I love ebay…

by H0LLYW00DY

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EBAY SCAMS SELLER BIG TIME BEWARE UNREAL SCAM

Giovanni — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:00:39 +0000

EBAY SCAMS SELLER BIG TIME BEWARE UNREAL SCAM

This video is part of the ebaY PayPal Hall of Shame playlist on the Cappnonymous channel at youtube.