PayPal Asks E-mail Services to Block Messages

roscoetoon writes ""PayPal, the Internet-based money transfer system owned by eBay, is trying to persuade e-mail providers to block messages that lack digital signatures, which are aimed at cutting down on phishing scams, a company attorney said Tuesday.So far, no agreements have been reached,..." "...PayPal is using several technologies to digitally sign its e-mails now, including DomainKeys, Sullivan said. DomainKeys, a technology developed by Yahoo Inc., enables verification of the sender and integrity of the message that's sent." "...An agreement with, for example, Google for its Gmail service could potentially stop spam messages that look legitimate and bypass spam filters.""

Comments

Re:How about just block emails from paypal?

[DrLov3]

How dare they do this, imspeech the people sending emails to me(scammer or not), I need those emails, thier futile attemps to get my money is detectable at the naked eye, I need those for my weekly laughter at thier incompetence, keeps me cheered up, otherwise I might go on a killing spree or something, and paypal will be held accountable for the death and violence.

I mean why on earth would a third party have the right to request that I stop recieving my emails.

Didn't you get my offer?

[Leuf]

I sent you an email offering you just this very thing the other day. My uncle, the prince of Nigeria, has been mortified by all the spam and phishing scams occuring all over the world. He set aside $100,000,000 dollars into a fund for those most affected. He asked me to track them down for him. Given the sensitive nature of this program we are delivering the funds strictly in cash. All we need for you is to send your car keys and the location where it is parked to this PO Box, and in a few days you will find a large suitcase in the truck.

Re:That reminds me..

[Fred_A]

Ah, the flawed analogy. Such a fine artform these days.

Yeah it didn't even have a car in it ! Pitiful I say !

Re:I don't get it.

[navyjeff]

Right, something like http://update-paypal-security.info/ is obviously a phish to the average user.

I think that link is slashdotted. I tried to update my paypal security info, but the site seems to be down. Anyone got a cached link???

(My karma's gonna burn for this...)

Re:How about just block emails from paypal?

[indifferent children]

...medicate themselves...

They're willing to try. That's why the Dremel tools come with a warning, "This is not a dental tool."