Re:Tell HN: Do not store any funds in PayPal or use them for...
by neltnerb on Thursday February 23, 2023 @02:33PM
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please no one say crypto ;-)
but I definitely have the same question, I always deposit anything sent to me via paypal, venmo, whatever right away so there's zero balance.
good luck telling a bank to un-authorize someone from being able to deposit or remove money from your account though, I had to call them up and they didn't even seem to know how to do it.
somehow it isn't just a checkbox, it seems to me like revoking that permission should be vastly easier than providing it...
but I definitely have the same question, I always deposit anything sent to me via paypal, venmo, whatever right away so there's zero balance.
good luck telling a bank to un-authorize someone from being able to deposit or remove money from your account though, I had to call them up and they didn't even seem to know how to do it.
somehow it isn't just a checkbox, it seems to me like revoking that permission should be vastly easier than providing it...