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Privacy?? Meh. Oh - and wtf paypal?

So.. once upon a time (about 2 weeks ago) I was going to purchase an album from some Indie rock band (group?) and they accepted Paypal.  Word?  Word.
I don't have a hang-up with enabling the "one click" Paypal functionality in my browser... because if I can save 2 or 3 clicks here-and-there, that's money in the bank, and as such I opt to enable the "one click" feature.  Annnd.. off I got to pay for my album.  Shortly thereafter, I noticed that I have a "unread notification" in my facebook tab.  Hmm..  I'm not very popular, I wonder what this is....

I don't know exactly *where* I had "agreed to have Paypal send you updates"... but I was/am pretty pissed off.  Paypal's "support" was nice/pleasant, I must say, but.. either they ARE clueless, or have been trained to PRETEND to be clueless.  They seem to think I was upset about the notifications.  NOTE!!!!  somehow Paypal was added as "payment method" in Facebook.  I am capable of understanding that people would (for whatever reason) chose to send money to their friends via Facebook.  Cool - I guess I feel slighted that I have been relegated to be in a group of people that are not savvy enough to figure out ANY OTHER FOWKING WAY to send money other than through the most privacy averse service on earth.

Anyhow... I recommend you remove the payment account from Facebook and disable notifications in your Paypal account.
Who knows if it actually does any good, or if they continue to send the information to Facebook.


I'm just glad that you can Send Money via Google (for FREE)
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