Comments on: Promises promises http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2007/11/16/promises-promises/ Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jimse http://eternallyoptimistic.com/2007/11/16/promises-promises/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Jimse Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:20:21 +0000 http://eternaloptimist.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/promises-promises/#comment-310 On a somewhat related note: I just got an email from ebay that began like this: Hello Jim Sermersheim(jimbojones), --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eBay sent this message to Jim Sermersheim (jimbojones). Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more: http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/name-userid-emails.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, they're telling me to trust them because they are presenting what they consider to be a security factor to me over an unsecured transport -- brilliant! On a somewhat related note:

I just got an email from ebay that began like this:
Hello Jim Sermersheim(jimbojones),

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eBay sent this message to Jim Sermersheim (jimbojones).
Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay.
Learn more: http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/name-userid-emails.html
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So, they’re telling me to trust them because they are presenting what they consider to be a security factor to me over an unsecured transport — brilliant!

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