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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. Some REAL experiences: by Ancient_Hacker · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Here's some real experiences from 6 years of eBaying, both buying and selling:
    • Out of over 1200 items sold by me, I've gotten exactly ZERO bad checks. Two people didnt pay as promised. Not too shabby.
    • On the other hand, I reported to eBay a guy that was selling obviously copyright-infringing stuff. They responded they wouldnt do anything until THREE people reported it. I looked back in his list of buyers and got the requisite number of complaints. I got a boilerplate kiss-off e-mail from them-- eBay still declined to do ANYTHING to the scammer.
  2. eBay = pirate friendly? by krell · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ' MacGibbon: We have zero tolerance for wrongdoing and are committed to making eBay as safe as possible for our members. We also work closely with law enforcement agencies to help them to bring offenders to justice. '

    I was recently looking to purchase a VHS tape of a classic TV show off eBay. I know this one exists as a regular commercial release, and I wanted to buy the legit copy. I found a certain seller listing it, and was poised to bid until I looked at his feedback.

    In the feedback, I found several negative feedback complaints that the seller shipped the buyer a crappy tape taped off of TV. The vague wording in the listing I was interested in (and lack of an image) implied that this, too, was just a copy off of TV. I asked him him if the tape was legit, but got no response.

    After this, I would look for this episode, and always find the guy selling his pirated copies. His negative feedback which mentioned the copies being pirated grew. I reported him to eBay a few times. They did nothing. At one time, they said they had no policy against anyone taping commercial shows off TV and selling them.

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  3. eBay is the burglars chop window by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting


    how can they check worldwide for stolen goods from house/buisness burglaries do they note serial numbers ? reciepts ?

    eBay has become nothing more than a fence for stolen goods, perhaps their new strapline should be

    eBay, feeding crack habits since 1996

  4. Looks Like They Missed This One by miller60 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    From Netcraft:

    Phishers Steal Trust From Ebay Sign In Pages

    "Fraudsters have exploited a flaw in the eBay web site that allows them to orchestrate phishing attacks using eBay's own Sign In page. ... By including special parameters at the end of the URL, the fraudster has changed the behaviour of the Sign In page so that when a user successfully logs in, they will then be sent to the fraudster's phishing site via an open redirect hosted on servlet.ebay.com."

    Because of the "borrowing" of ebay's web site, the EBay toolbar reports the phishing site as legit.

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    RichM
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