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With the ACCC appearing likely to stop eBay's exclusive deal with PayPal, the online selling giant has today not ruled out appealing against an unfavourable decision.
As eBay continues to promote its move to a single payment system &mdash PayPal &mdash as being in the best interests of its users, one security specialist believes it may be asking for trouble.
The online auctioneer has ruled out introducing two-factor authentication for the time being, despite public calls for the widespread introduction of the technology by its own chief security officer
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