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An Inside Look at eBay Security

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-under-the-hood dept.

daria42 writes "This in-depth interview with eBay's Australia/New Zealand security manager is fascinating reading for anyone interested in online security and how the online auctioneer interacts with law enforcement agencies. "Normal people don't get up in the morning and wonder how they can steal or trick someone. I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing," says eBay''s Alastair MacGibbon."

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  1. An Inside Listen to eBay Security by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 4, Funny

    An Inside Listen to eBay Security:

    "Hellloooooooooo.....!"

    "llloooooooooo.....!"
    "lloooooooo.....!"
    "loooooo....."
    "oooooo...."
    "oo....."

  2. How can I take this seriously? by kryten_nl · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing,"

    Someone give this guy a lightsaber...

    (Or a gun and a map to an Al-Quaida training camp)

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    For the perfect anti-Unix, write an OS that thinks it knows what you're doing better than you do and let it be wrong.
  3. The work of a lifetime by zanderredux · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Normal people don't get up in the morning and wonder how they can steal or trick someone. I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing," says eBay''s Alastair MacGibbon."

    Yes. That confirms it: he thinks he's Batman.

  4. Wow. by Sierpinski · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing," says eBay's Alastair MacGibbon.

    That's going to be one tired fella. I think I just heard the price of coffee, Mountain Dew, and Jolt cola going up slightly in his locale.

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    And they said zombies weren't real!
  5. I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing by Ingolfke · · Score: 3, Funny

    -- said Alastair MacGibbon as he donned his cape and dashed out the door for another day of crime fighting.

  6. MacGibbon the superhero by Gax · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing," says eBay''s Alastair MacGibbon."

    Who talks like that? I can imagine Batman or Judge Dredd coming out with some heroic gibberish, but the guy works for eBay. What is he going going to do? Wear his underwear on the outside and stomp out crime in time for tea?

  7. Re:"Normal"? by h4rm0ny · · Score: 2, Funny


    Normal people aren't ambidextrous aardvark afficionados either.

    If you were an afficionado of aardvarks, would you talk about it?

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