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There aren't any plain text passwords, but there are email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and DOBs.
by andrewmunsell 12y ago
There aren't any plain text passwords, but there are email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and DOBs.
- rwmj 12y agoIt's the DoB which is the giveaway (that this is fake). eBay doesn't collect date of birth, but does collect lots of other authentication information. EDIT: I stand corrected, see the reply by sp332 below.
- sp332 12y agoeBay says the data includes DoB. https://blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwords/ https://blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwor... [edit: better link] Maybe they only collect it for certain customers?
- crest 12y agoIn that case ebay users should probably change their date of birth too ;-).
- mikeash 12y agoAnd physical address and phone number.
- ForHackernews 12y agoFake your own death and run away to Argentina.