EBAY - Warning; 3rd party access allowed!

[Susquehannock]

Anyone with an account on eBay should check this out! Something called Infopia had set themselves up as 3rd party on my account without my permission!

Others I have heard about are:

* Andale
* Bonfire Media LLC
* Infopia
* Auctionhouse
* ChannelAdvisor
* AuctionWorks
* Zoovy
(too many others to list now)

Odds are, there's one on yours.

Go to My Account -> Preferences -> General Preferences -> Third Party Authorizations, then select any unauthorized sellers there and click "Revoke Authorization"

If any 3rd party access is found do not hesitate to send Ebay an email asking what the heck is going on! I certainly did.

 

[wtfbbq]

just checked mine, none on it, but i don't use it very often.

 

[jammur21]

wtf...Auctionwork on my account!

 

[radioouman]

"No authorizations to revoke"
Sounds like you have to authorize the third party...

 

[orakle]

I had AuctionWorks on mine.. wtf is that?

 

[2canSAM]

yep auctionworks and channeladvisor on mine.

 

[crystal]

SquareTrade
AuctionWorks

 

[Pepsi90919]

why has nobody asked what this MEANS?

 

[AsianriceX]

http://blog.channeladvisor.com/?p=22

I have Channeladvisor on my account too. Must have been added when I used a third-party checkout.

I'm removing it

 

[Susquehannock]

That is just the thing, these entities are given 3rd party access WITHOUT your knowledge.

Now I do not profess to have any idea what this is all about. Best thing to do is to contact eBay and ask. Not as though eBay makes it easy for us to do so.

Start by going to the "Security & Resolution Center" after you sign in and fill in the fields.

BTW .... I have seen this very issue discussed in a couple forums recently so I know ours is not an isolated incident.

 

[simms]

I don't have general preferences there... just "profile" which controls my options.

 

[GZeus]

Thanks 'Susquehannock' for the heads-up.
Found 1 on mine - "Reminder". Don't know wtf that is...
Going to have to check this every time I sign in now... sigh.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I had none. Thanks for the heads up though...I've been a member since 11/99, it would suck to have to start all over.

 

[imported_Mike]

I had 2, 1 had given access to . It was that Fish thing for donating part of the auction proceeds to charity. The 2nd was the channeladvisor thing.

 

[ViviTheMage]

WOWOWO WTH

UnWired Buyer 2.0 (created Mar-12-06) Revoke this authorization
Jason Kim (created Apr-20-06) Revoke this authorization
AuctionWorks (created Jun-03-06) Revoke this authorization
ChannelAdvisor Services (created Jun-08-06) Revoke this authorization
Auctiva Corporation (created Jun-30-06) Revoke this authorization

I revoked it all.

WTH Jason Kim ?!?

 

[simms]

Boîte à cadeaux (created Jun-23-05) Revoke this authorization
UnWired Buyer 2.0 (created May-26-06)

Unwired Buyer gave me money.. and they were still on my account.

 

[waggy]

wtf i had some!

thanks for the heads up.

 

[walrus]

Andale (created Jul-03-05)
eBay Holiday Dreams Sweepstakes (created Aug-21-06)
AuctionWatch (created Sep-28-06)

They're all gone now.
AuctionWatch and Andale is that little box that counts and displays visits to your auction page.
eBay Holiday Dreams Sweepstakes is a contest eBay runs, you are entered everytime you buy something.

 

[MrPickins]

None on mine, but thanks for the heads up anyway.

 

[Susquehannock]

Just so we are clear ... I do not profess to have any idea what this is all about. However, someone in another forum was kind enough to provide this :
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y205/m10/abu0152/s05

No matter what these entities are trying to do, I am surely not alone in my thinking that eBay really should NOT allow anyone access to my account without specific permission.

Best thing to do is to contact eBay and ask. Not as though eBay makes it easy for us to do so.

Here is an example of the e-mail which I sent to eBay security :
=======================
How can I have three third party authorizations on my account when I did not authorize anyone?
Is my account in jeopardy?
How does this happen?
Should I change my password?
Do you people know about this?
Does Ebay benefit by allowing access to our accounts by third parties?
What steps are being taken to protect member accounts?
How can this be prevented in the future?
Please respond.
========================

Feel free to copy paste if you like.

Thank you for your attention to this potentially volatile issue.

 

[HN]

this is probably why some people see random For Sale listings in their accounts (listings that they themselves never setup). A lot of these are 3rd party companies who set up auctions.

Ebay's got some esplainin' to do...(for awhile now, though, as i've seen this before).

 

[GeekDrew]

... this isn't anything new. Certain transactions authorize the third party to act on your behalf at eBay. I had USPS and AuctionWorks listed on my account... but I remember the transactions that placed them there. <shrug>

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: radioouman
"No authorizations to revoke"
Sounds like you have to authorize the third party...

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: radioouman
"No authorizations to revoke"
Sounds like you have to authorize the third party...

'...to revoke' would indicate they already have authorization.

now, "No authorizations to approve", that would mean you would have to authorize first.

 

[cirthix]

WTF "andale" created on teh 15th of nov, 2006.