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Here we go again.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/21/ebay-alerts-users-to-change-passwords-following-cyberattack/

Too late. I changed it four hours and thirty-five minutes ago.

--Patrick

Doesn't say if we should do the same for Paypal.

I'm laughing because in changing my password I just discovered that I never changed my registered address from my college mailbox. Think I'll leave it that way in light of this.

1. Already did it first thing yesterday when I saw it hit the wires.
2. It does not appear to have affected PayPal.
3. I'm trying to remember the last thing I even purchased on eBay. I think it was pre-move.

I did both EBay and PayPal. I hadn't changed my PayPal password in a while, so it was due anyway.

Pertinent Question: why did I have to find out from my friends here instead of getting an email from eBay?

The same reason why I learned of my job demise back in '11 from a newspaper website: it was the first place I saw anything about it.

Zero Esc said:

Pertinent Question: why did I have to find out from my friends here instead of getting an email from eBay?

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http://www.salon.com/2014/04/28/one_womans_attempt_to_hide_her_pregnancy_from_big_data/

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/28/one_womans_attempt_to_hide_her_pregnancy_from_big_data/

--Patrick

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Um ... you sure you linked the right article? I'm not catching the connection.

Unless you mean that eBay never intended for us to know.

It's an article describing how the Internet can know things before you do, like that Target girl's case.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

It's an article describing how the Internet can know things before you do, like that Target girl's case.

--Patrick

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Yeah, I read the article, and if that's the case, I'm still confused as to its relevance. What I mean is, why didn't eBay send out an email to its users like a business should? This story broke yesterday--still haven't gotten an email from them. If I hadn't seen this topic, I wouldn't have known. This is not how you conduct business.

I suppose they are still circling the wagons and don't yet feel ready to announce "official" action.

--Patrick

No, it's on their official blog.

I just got the "change your password" e-mail from ebay an hour ago.

Over a week.

Fucking scumbags.

GasBandit said:

I just got the "change your password" e-mail from ebay an hour ago.

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I got it a couple of days ago. Perhaps they were rolling them out in batches.