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jonathanwallace
on Oct 25, 2012
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PayPal Policy Update is bad for users. Opt out whi...
Automated phone calls to a number you provide is one of the ways that paypal authenticates your identity. Welcome to the internet, where anyone can be anyone!
sturmeh
on Oct 25, 2012
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That or advertisements.
Karunamon
on Oct 25, 2012
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Paypal is pretty evil, but I can't think of a single successful company, ever, who started spamming their own customer's mobiles
avree
on Oct 25, 2012
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Yeah, my sense the user backlash from unsolicited mobile ad spam would even hurt a giant with such heavy engrained web commerce inertia as PayPal.
true_religion
on Oct 26, 2012
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Verizon does it to me. They're always trying to get me to take in other deals from 3rd parties or themselves.
Evbn
on Oct 25, 2012
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Credit card companies do this, which is why I no longer have a Discover Card.
Karunamon
on Oct 25, 2012
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Discover started sending unsolicited marketing messages to your mobile phone!?
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