Facebook Autofill Wants To Store Users' Credit Card Info 123
cagraham writes "Facebook has teamed up with payment processors PayPal, Braintree, and Stripe, in an attempt to simplify mobile payments. The system allows Facebook members (who have turned over their credit and billing info) to click a 'Autofill with Facebook' button when checking-out on a mobile app. Facebook will then verify the details, and securely transfer a user's info over to the payment processing company. The move is likely aimed at gathering more data on user behavior, which can be used to increase the prices Facebook charges for mobile ads. Whether or not the feature takes off however, will depend almost entirely on how willing users are to trust Facebook with their credit card data."
I don't even trust them with my real birthdate (Score:5, Insightful)
Why would I trust them with anything else?
wow. (Score:5, Insightful)
It's as if they're honestly trying to get everyone to delete their facebook account. I've been considering it almost daily for the past couple years, definitely more in the past several months. The only thing keeping me on there is how much of my family resides far from my current location.
Kind of makes you wonder, "How much do I really like my cousins?" I'm very close to saying, "Not enough to keep this account."
Awfully hard to trust Facebook (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:I don't even trust them with my real birthdate (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:wow. (Score:3, Insightful)
I didn't keep in close touch before Facebook, and I have no reason to suspect that I would in a post-Facebook life. I like knowing what my relatives are up to, but I don't actually care what they are up to. It's a subtle difference, but the difference is definitely there.
Re:I don't even trust them with my real birthdate (Score:2, Insightful)
"Hordes".
You don't separate yourself well from that "mindless" adjective when you don't know the difference between "hordes" and "hoards".