PayPal Plans Payments Via Text Message?

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Despite the frustrating lack of details here, the article goes on
to say that "Users will first have to register their mobile devices
with PayPal’s Web site and select a code to protect them against
unauthorized users."

Wow. Does this sound like a potential avenue for abuse, or what? ;-)

[snip]

PayPal, the online payment service owned by eBay Inc., has begun testing a new offering to allow people to make and 
receive payments using cell phones and other mobile devices.

PayPal Mobile is being tested by an unspecified number of eBay employees and will be available to the public in the 
United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in the next few weeks, eBay spokeswoman Amanda Pires said.

[snip]

A bit more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11966681/

- ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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