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Re:$300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption by dvl on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @11:21AM (#8557328)
and what else I can do with your bank account besides send you money?
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Re:$300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption by 13 on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @11:32AM (#8557403)
You'd think nothing, but people have failed attempting to prove this before.

> "But Clarkson admitted he was "wrong" after he discovered a reader had used the details to create a £500 direct debit to the charity Diabetes UK."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7174760.stm

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Re:$300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption by vidarh on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @01:21PM (#8558102)
Though the Direct Debit guarantee gives an automatic right to a no-questions asked instant refund.

Not even having a provably validly signed mandate protects merchants against a refund (merchants recourse is small claims court), so while it's a nuisance, and while some people do get de-frauded by not paying attention to their statements, the article overstates things: If he "lost" money it'll be because he chose not to demand a refund.

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