EGAY and lack of secure sign-in: am I the only 1 bothered by this?

[db]

I'm not talking about the option of chosing secure sign-in starting at the top of home page,
but rather the lack of that option everywhere else on e b a y (even tho you're already signed in)--ie, account status, posting to boards, beginning registration to BillPoint--all of these require signing in with your user name and pw, even though you're already signed in.

Is there javascript or something I don't know of that makes it only APPEAR that there is no secure connection in these instances, or am I the only one here that's bothered by this????!!

 

[Russ]

What is an "EGAY"? Is that a happy "E"?

Russ, NCNE

 

[GreenBeret]

I beleive he was referring to eb ay in some round about fashion. How queer!

 

[SSP]

You can say E-Bay now?

I thought that word was banned.

 

[GoldenBear]

It's an E that isn't straight.

 

[db]

Sorry guys, E B A Y is a banned word over in Hot Deals, so most everyone uses "egay" as an alternative spelling.

 

[Emulex]

eh The funny part about eb ay is that even after you login secure, everything else you do passes an unsecured login name and crypto password through the URL, i've run proxy servers and logged this info. Could be cracked easily.

 

[GreenBeret]

SSP: No you can't. eb ay is banned to prevent links to auctions. duh! sheesh.

 

[db]

sign up for Billpoint (w/your e-bay pw):
http://www.ebay.com/help/buyerguide/bp-overview.html

 

[db]

"Change your password":
http://pages.ebay.com/services/myebay/selectpass.html

 

[db]

account status:
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewAccountStatus

 

[db]

Sooo, I don't know about software, etc, but is there script active with the field boxes you enter your username and password, which uses ssl? or what

 

[db]

Emulex I see your edit now.
So whoever is capable can have this info.
Let's see--how many people use e-bay......?

 

[beer]

nm