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eBay Provides No Privacy For Sellers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-surprise-here dept.

Phanatic1a writes "Quoted in an article in The Nation, eBay's chief of security Joseph Sullivan brags up eBay's "flexible" privacy policy to LEOs, telling them "If you are a law-enforcement officer, all you have to do is send us a fax with a request for information, and ask about the person behind the seller's identity number, and we will provide you with his name, address, sales history and other details--all without having to produce a court order." The tens of millions of Paypal customers eBay has access to the financial records of might be curious to see what else Sullivan promises..."

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  1. Unofficial by syberanarchy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You know, I dated a cop's stepdaughter, and the chick got really fucked up. Not because of me, mind you, it was because of her mother being a drunky bitch. Of course, they blame me, since it's much easier to blame an outside influence than your inadequate parenting. You mean to tell me that if this guy wanted to be an ass, he could call up my purchasing/selling habits? Wow...

    Aren't there fucking laws against this sort of thing?

  2. Dupe by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least it's been months, not hours.

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  3. Re:other details by fussman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah A used...pink bathrobe A rare...mint snow globe A Smurf...TV tray I bought on eBay My house...is filled with this crap Shows up in bubble wrap Most every day What I bought on eBay Tell me why (I need another pet rock) Tell me why (I got that Alf alarm clock) Tell me why (I bid on Shatner's old toupee) They had it on eBay I'll buy...your knick-knack Just check...my feedback "A++!" they all say They love me on eBay Gonna buy (a slightly damaged golf bag) Gonna buy (some Beanie Babies, new with tag) (From some guy) I've never met in Norway Found him on eBay I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa Got Paypal or Visa, whatever'll please ya As long as I've got the dough I'll buy...your tchotchkes Sell me..your watch, please I'll buy (I'll buy, I'll buy, I'll buy...) I'm highest bidder now (Junk keeps arriving in the mail) (From that worldwide garage sail) (Hey! A Dukes of Hazzard ashtray) Oh yeah...(I bought it on eBay) Wanna buy (a PacMan Fever lunchbox) Wanna buy (a case of vintage tube socks) (Wanna buy a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre) (Found it on eBay) Wanna buy (that Farrah Fawcett poster) (Pez dispensers and a toaster) (Don't know why...The kind of stuff you'd throw away) (I'll buy on eBay) What I bought on eBay

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  4. OMFG U R 2 1337. THE GOV'T WATCHES YOU! LOLOLROFL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

  5. OMFGLOL SATANISTS WILL USE EBAY TO FIND SACRIFICES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

  6. OMFG EBAY IS TEH NEW GESTAPO! LOLOL U R FUNNY! LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  7. glad it's newsworthy now by jcphil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I submitted this story back in February and it got rejected then. What changed?

  8. With a name like Nimrod, it has to be good! by hesiod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > "cooperation with government was seen as a betrayal of the unwritten contract between the user and service provider," says Nimrod Kozlovski

    Nimrod. Yeah, I'll take the advice of a guy named Nimrod.