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Re:Little Snitch: PayPal has restricted our business account... by koolba on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:34AM (#35342752)
When you replace “Smith” with “ISIS” or “Bin Laden” that’s likely not enough of an explanation for them to lift the freeze.
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Re:Little Snitch: PayPal has restricted our business account... by DebtDeflation on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:47AM (#35342965)
Why is this included in the logic in the first place? Are terrorists sending payments via PayPal and including "ISIS membership fee, annual renewal" in the comments? It would seem to me that a keyword search like this is not an effective way to stop the flow of funds to sanctioned organizations. It's like scanning cancelled checks for the word "bribe" on the memo line.
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Re:Little Snitch: PayPal has restricted our business account... by orthecreedence on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @12:14PM (#35343407)
"Yes, hello, I'd like to renew my subscription to Terrorist Weekly. Oh, you take Venmo? Great!"
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Re:Little Snitch: PayPal has restricted our business account... by jimnotgym on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:09PM (#35344375)
On the other hand, if they did it would be very embarrassing for PayPal.
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Re:Little Snitch: PayPal has restricted our business account... by anigbrowl on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:53PM (#35346032)
No it wouldn't. A cursory search indicates that about 80 million people have the surname 'bin Laden.' Paypal is an international company. If a name gives you a 1 in 80 million possibility of a connection to terrorism without any other details, it's not actionable. The end.
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