G/O Media may get a commissionAs more people started to dig into PayPal-based tips, a few more privacy peculiarities emerged. For example, if you set up a tip jar and link it to PayPal, but don’t have a PayPal nickname, everyone initiating a tip will be able to see the email address you’ve linked to PayPal. If you take a closer look at Rachel’s tweet from above, you’ll notice that PayPal is taking a fee as part of the tip transaction:That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has used PayPal to send money, well, ever. Don’t use PayPal for these transactions at all. Don’t give random Twitter users access to that information, not at any cost.

Source: The Nation May 07, 2021 20:01 UTC