Comments on: TextPayMe and Identity Theft http://chrisabraham.com/2006/02/10/textpayme-and-identity-theft/ Because the Medium is the Message Wed, 09 May 2012 09:02:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ben Marvinhttp://chrisabraham.com/2006/02/10/textpayme-and-identity-theft/#comment-1136 Ben Marvin Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:33:01 +0000 http://chrisabraham.com/?p=1684#comment-1136 What about the fact that TextPayMe does a phone call right after you send a payment, and requires that you enter a PIN number for the payment to go through? How many freaks out there haven't bought something over the phone or internet before. TextPayMe is no more vulnerable than anything else. Don't give out your PIN, and don't be stupid, it's as simple as that.BTW, Paypal is rumored to be rolling out a similar service soon. What about the fact that TextPayMe does a phone call right after you send a payment, and requires that you enter a PIN number for the payment to go through? How many freaks out there haven’t bought something over the phone or internet before. TextPayMe is no more vulnerable than anything else. Don’t give out your PIN, and don’t be stupid, it’s as simple as that.

BTW, Paypal is rumored to be rolling out a similar service soon.

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