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Re:How do I give our security auditor the information he wan... by tillinghast on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @11:46AM (#12436840)
A brilliant troll / piece of entertainment. The author basically reveals it here in Update #3:

> Our software has now moved onto PayPal so we know it's safe.

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Re:How do I give our security auditor the information he wan... by SilasX on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @11:52AM (#12436874)
How does that make it a troll? PayPal has a bad reputation in some respects, but not for having weak data security, right? It's mainly for always siding with someone requesting a chargeback.
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Re:How do I give our security auditor the information he wan... by richman777 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:18AM (#12440945)
Yeah, this person doesn't seem to understand that PayPal is a huge merchant provider for a lot, and I mean, a lot, of people. And that doesn't mean "using paypal" when you go to a website. They handled invoicing at my last job.
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