Ebay Making Winning Bidder IDs Anonymous

spiral · 29th October 2008, 04:53 PM

O dear, Ebay do another improvement...

"Early last year, we began to anonymize bidder IDs on listings. This change was designed to protect bidders from fake Second Chance Offers and other malicious emails. As I’ve shared before, this initiative has been very successful, resulting in a 90% reduction in this type of fraud.

Today, however, the winning bidder’s ID is currently visible to everyone after the listing ends, and this continues to lead to fake checkout offers and other spam. Consequently, it also leads to unpaid items, as winning bidders who fall victim to these fake emails often send payment to someone other than the seller.

Based on the positive results we’ve seen by anonymizing bidder User IDs, as well as our commitment to protecting all bidders from becoming targets for fraudsters, we’ve decided to extend anonymized User IDs to winning bidders, as well. This change will be implemented sometime this week.

As always, the following information will still be accessible:

Sellers will be able to view all bidder IDs on their listings.
All members can click on the bidder ID and view the bidder’s Bid History page, which will detail the categories in which they’ve bid over the past 30 days.
Feedback pages will show the same information as now – buyer and seller IDs, with comments visible to all.

From.....

linky

Spiral

Rich · 29th October 2008, 05:03 PM

I've got no problem with that. Don't particularly care that the whole world
knows what I'm buying. Nice to see a little privacy back.

RichS

29th October 2008, 04:53 PM	#1
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Ebay Making Winning Bidder IDs Anonymous O dear, Ebay do another improvement... "Early last year, we began to anonymize bidder IDs on listings. This change was designed to protect bidders from fake Second Chance Offers and other malicious emails. As I’ve shared before, this initiative has been very successful, resulting in a 90% reduction in this type of fraud. Today, however, the winning bidder’s ID is currently visible to everyone after the listing ends, and this continues to lead to fake checkout offers and other spam. Consequently, it also leads to unpaid items, as winning bidders who fall victim to these fake emails often send payment to someone other than the seller. Based on the positive results we’ve seen by anonymizing bidder User IDs, as well as our commitment to protecting all bidders from becoming targets for fraudsters, we’ve decided to extend anonymized User IDs to winning bidders, as well. This change will be implemented sometime this week. As always, the following information will still be accessible: Sellers will be able to view all bidder IDs on their listings. All members can click on the bidder ID and view the bidder’s Bid History page, which will detail the categories in which they’ve bid over the past 30 days. Feedback pages will show the same information as now – buyer and seller IDs, with comments visible to all. From..... linky Spiral

29th October 2008, 05:03 PM	#2
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	I've got no problem with that. Don't particularly care that the whole world knows what I'm buying. Nice to see a little privacy back. RichS