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Re:Ask HN: Why does Paypal still exist? by n_ary on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:01PM (#19484274)
Offtopic: PayPal shares more than we think it does. I've had issues where certain merchants asked me to confirm identity by sending copy of utility bill for address I had on PayPal account. I thought my address is private so sent a bill for my siblings house where I also paid the bills for internet, but they reported that address is not same with PayPal, so I argued a bit but eventually had to send one for correct address. I think that, PayPal doesn't share CVV but merchants can view all personal info attached to my PayPal account.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Paypal still exist? by CharlesColeman on Monday March 25, 2019 @02:40PM (#19485406)
That doesn't seem too weird to me. Wouldn't most merchants necessarily have your address in order to provide services to you (shipping would definitely require it, for instance).
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Paypal still exist? by Iggy173 on Monday March 25, 2019 @03:43PM (#19486073)
In the interest of giving PayPal some potential benefit of doubt, it could be that they're simply returns a match/no-match on the address as a fraud-reduction step or something.
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