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PayPal Goes Mobile

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-on-the-go dept.

Stitch_Surfs writes "PayPal has gone mobile. MobileCrunch breaks the news (with images) of PayPal's (un) surprising move onto mobile phones. According to the site, money can be sent,received and goods purchased all via PayPal from your mobile phone."

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  1. Mobile sounds well and good, but.. by MasJ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, Paypal on the go sounds pretty good, it's an alternative to putting your credit card number in over a mobile network, and sounds much safer. However, how many people here feel that this would open up an entire audience of really susceptible users to phishing scams ?

    Wouldn't it be harder to spot a phishing scam over a mobile device considering that the display on a mobile is pretty limited in screen real estate ? On good ol' 'puters you can just move your mouse over the hyperlink and make out that it's a scam.

  2. Um... by AWhiteFlame · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't recall ever having the need to pay something with credit card on my phone. If I'm there, and I have my phone, why not just..er...pay with a credit card? Its not like I'll be ebaying on an 1 1/2" screen... Am I missing something?

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    1. Re:Um... by turg · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think the idea is that you can use this to pay anyone (rather than just businesses who take credit cards).

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