Posts by Pearl

Dutch police arrest 16-year-old WikiLeaks avenger

Alternatives to Paypal and Amazon

"Unfortunately with our reliance on our credit/debit cards and buying tat on eBay through Paypal or getting most of our Xmas shopping through Amazon, boycotting these companies is futile."

Au contraire. They are the first and biggest but not the only games in town and more are coming. Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Let's move our business to companies that our more inline with our beliefs and less prone to political intimidation.

Eg. ZashPay lets you send money via e-mail or text message. Account setup is free, as is receiving money. Works only if your bank is signed up but they are expanding.

Online purchasing and financial transactions are here to stay but Paypal and Amazon need some competitors because, now since the Wikileaks fiasco, I and many others are looking to take our business elsewhere.

Amazon and Paypal Need Competitors

"Unfortunately with our reliance on our credit/debit cards and buying tat on eBay through Paypal or getting most of our Xmas shopping through Amazon, boycotting these companies is futile."

Au contraire. They are the first and biggest but not the only games in town and more are coming. Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Let's move our business to companies that our more inline with our beliefs and less prone to political intimidation.

Eg. ZashPay lets you send money via e-mail or text message. Account setup is free, as is receiving money. Works only if your bank is signed up but they are expanding.

Online purchasing and financial transactions are here to stay but Paypal and Amazon need some competitors because, now since the Wikileaks storm I and many others are looking to go elsewhere with our business.

Defending their life

I agree- it is the only way left to them.

"Uprisings in the grand tradition of storming the Bastille are no longer possible in the face of police technology, weapons, and crowd-control psychology. Science and technology have been used for evil here and there is no longer any stopping them by mass insurrection or guerilla warfare."