[RickM]

Greg: "Personally, I think Paypal is full of BS. Let's see, the site is allegedly encrypted, but they were able to swipe my personal data but not my financial? Bite me."

Exactly! Whenever I register for Email (yahoo/hotmail) I use fictitious info, including my name. The only time I use my name is for an order of merchandise....and I woun't purchase an item unless the site published a privacy policy statin that they don't share any info. OK, so howcome I get spam with my last name on it? Either my info was hacked as shown above or the online vendors are full of $hit.

PWD: "If they can get into the pentagon computers, I should consider my financial info safe if I put it on the net? Right..."

Good point. On the other hand how much info of yours is available on the net that YOU didn't put there?

Richard: " I've been doing online banking, online purchasing and Paypal for 10 years now. And a lot of it. I've never been hacked. Even if I am, liability is minimal. I don't see what the big risk is. Worst case, you'll need to cancel a card and get a new replacement."

My experience is similar. Long time user, try to be careful and sensitive to any sign of intrusion. However, you're more exposed than you think. Especially if you have a Paypal account and ever had a checking account related to that account. They can and will pull funds out if they feel you've wronged another Ebayer.