Fraud Everywhere

Here’s an odd little fraud tidbit that has freaked me out a bit.

Earlier today I received a couple blog comments from a name I didn’t recognize. The message he left in those comments definitely caught my attention though!

Check the Washington Post article on web fraud. There’s a screen capture with a paypal account information for

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PayPal Security and OpenID Integration

A few days ago I was pondering the notion of using this fancy PayPal Security key in the OpenID world. David left a great comment pointing that this can already be done with VeriSign Labs.

Check out VeriSign Labs Personal Identity Provider (beta) site, this is some pretty cool stuff:

VeriSign’s Personal Identity Provider (PIP) is

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The Key to (PayPal) Security

Exactly nine days after I ordered it, I’m pleased to say that I received my PayPal Security Key today. I was about to take a picture of it, then I realized it looks exactly like the picture of it…

Go figure.

I hadn’t realized that this can be used for both my PayPal and eBay accounts. Makes

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PayPal Security Key

Have you seen the PayPal Security Key yet? Steve Gibson mentioned it in a recent Security Now podcast — I don’t know how long this has been an option, but for $5 I’m definitely going to order one.

Why should I use the PayPal Security Key?
Because it gives you an extra layer of security when

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Google Checkout Launched

Google Checkout, apparently after the PayPal scene, is live. Take the tour for more info.

Google Blog’s announcement here.

[via Slashdot]