The answer to the title is at the bottom, an interesting happening first…..
Gone to seed over this security thing… As I go through the possibilities be thinking about Apple Pay and how this would prevent all the work and wasted time. In the MAIL, my wife received a notice from the bank that services PayPal accounts, saying that her request for credit had to be denied due to inconsistencies in the application. I first checked on the bank representing PayPal, it was correct so then I called PayPal. The first gentleman was on the phone with me for 20 minutes and he could not find what had caused the letter so he upgraded me to PayPal Credit department. This man quickly found that someone had indeed tried to open a PayPal Credit account using the Social Security and date of birth of my wife….hmmm.. Since she NEVER shops on line there isn’t a possible chance this came from an internet purchase, those I always run through my account….plus purchases on line never ask for your Social. She would NEVER give out her personal information so it had to come from an outside source…so who has her information? Where has she opened accounts that would have her Social, birthdate, address, etc. etc. Her Bank….hasn’t been hacked. Dillard’s, I don’t think they have been hacked. J.C. Penny..has been hacked. Kohl’s. They have been hacked Macy’s…They have been hacked. Anthem, our insurance…they have been hacked with over 80 Million names, Social Security, addresses, etc. All of the above other than her bank and Anthem WOULD NOT HAVE ANY OF HER INFORMATION on their systems had she been able to shop with them using Apple Pay. Apple does NOT give any of her info. to the merchant thus the above hacks would not have exposed information they didn’t store. So, in two days, an associate and my wife have had their personal information used to either make purchases or an attempt in creating an account for themselves under her name. To my way of thinking this digital world we live in will continue to flourish exponentially and I for one don’t want Apple to back down on keeping our information secure and I sure want to shop where the merchant allows me to us Apple’s system. This mess hits hardest when it’s you or someone you know….then it’s important, now I have to put a Fraud Alert on the Credit Bureaus. Apple, hang tough… One final thought…if the FBI really wants the information from the California shooter’s phone, my son suggested the FBI giving the phone to Apple, letting them open it and retrieving any data that might help in their investigation and then destroying the phone…Sounds simple enough, but this fight isn’t over the contents of a phone….not in the least. _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
