> sigstoat: the real irony is: >> me: (among other things including the issue of trust) > sigstoat: when amazon is comingling inventory and generally confusin

> sigstoat: the real irony is: >> me: (among other things including the issue of trust) > sigstoat: when amazon is comingling inventory and generally confusing people about who they're purchasing from. I was referring to sellers being allowed to include their own JS and Flash on listings[0] and the high-profile hacking cases along with ebay's response[1,2]. Sellers were also allowed to include 3rd-party templates to list their items (which can lead to yet another attack vector). This may still be happening but like I said, I abandoned ebay some time ago. Also, when purchasing on ebay, you're always dealing directly with a seller. It's a marketplace, a bazaar. It's their business model (but like I said, it can mutate into something else). Unlike Amazon (where you always "feel" you're dealing with a single company - comingling aside), on ebay you never feel like you're dealing with a single entity. As a result, I always felt on high alert: investigating sellers, viewing their reputations, etc... it's time-consuming and an effort. It constantly forces me to question... to trust. [0] https://hacked.com/biggest-hacks-breaches-2014/ https://hacked.com/biggest-hacks-breaches-2014/ [1] https://www.eecs.yorku.ca/course_archive/2015-16/W/3482/Team12_eBayHacks.pdf https://www.eecs.yorku.ca/course_archive/2015-16/W/3482/Team... [2] https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/02/18/ebay-scripting-flaws-being-actively-exploited-by-fraudsters.html https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2016/02/18/ebay-scripting...