So what kind of cut does Facebook take from its Deals partners? Try none. Zip. Zilch. Nada. A doughnut hole big enough to shove a “Like” thumb through. Then why, uh, do it?
Sony has not yet determined if the personal information or credit card numbers of users on the still-down PlayStation Network have been stolen, according to a Sony spokesman.
Square’s credit card reader for iOS/Android devices is pretty awesome – it lets anybody quickly and easily start taking credit payments. But according to Douglass Bergeron, the CEO of competing company Verifone, the device itself isn’t hardware-encrypted, meaning anyone could write an app that strips unprotected info from your card.
A hacker claims he’s infiltrated the PlayStation Network – their version of Xbox Live – and discovered that Sony not only collects a lot of data on everything that your PlayStation 3 is plugged into, they also do a terrible job with your credit card information.
