PayDay Pig - Unprofessional lol...

sharpy2010

Having been spammed to high heaven by these fools I decided to look on their site to see if there was an unsubscribe button (not that I ever subscribed to their junk in the first place).

Of course, there wasn't, and nor were there any contact details whatsoever that I could use to have a rant at them.

However, what i did notice is that on the 'How it works' page, they quote the following -: "Submitting an application is both discreet and secure because we use 12 bit SSL encryption technology. To complete the application process simply follow these steps:".

For the less technically savvy, SSL is a type of encryption to keep your data safe. Now, we ALL know that keeping data safe is of paramount importance. What concerned me was that PayDay Pig are either using 12 bit SSL (does it even exist?) to 'safeguard' customers data, or they meant to say 128 bit SSL. If they meant to say 128bit SSL, but can't even get the name of it right, can they actually make such a complex encryption algorithm work?!?!!

Maybe I'm being anal, but these people seem thick as pig muck...

27col

Are you just trying to show off your technical knowledge. Because that's how your post comes across.

bankscausepain

27col wrote: »

Are you just trying to show off your technical knowledge. Because that's how your post comes across.

Having a bad day, 27col?

Surely the purpose of the thread is to highlight how annoying PayDay Pig are. I also get endless amounts of spam from them, and yes, it is tedious.

poppasmurf_bewdley

bankscausepain wrote: »

Having a bad day, 27col?

Surely the purpose of the thread is to highlight how annoying PayDay Pig are. I also get endless amounts of spam from them, and yes, it is tedious.

Haven't you got a spam filter?

UsernameAlreadyExists

27col wrote: »

Are you just trying to show off your technical knowledge. Because that's how your post comes across.

A "little" knowledge is a dangerous thing. He's clearly read a few buzzwords and jargon which he's trying to regurgitate back to look geeky and clever, but doesn't have a clue how it actually works or to implement it.

OneLife_OneShot

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Haven't you got a spam filter?

That is what I was thinking.

Apples2

The applicants never read the terms and conditions, why would they bother reading the security notice anyway?

SnowTiger

sharpy2010 wrote: »

If they meant to say 128bit SSL, but can't even get the name of it right, can they actually make such a complex encryption algorithm work?!?!!

Maybe I'm being anal, but these people seem thick as pig muck...

Does it matter? The risk of your information being intercepted as it travels via the Internet is vastly exaggerated. There's a far bigger risk that it'll be snaffled at the other end.

However http://thepaydaypig.com is just a scam front-end (affiliate) of http://ahia.co, which doesn't appear to be working.

Your antenna are right to be twitching, but they're doing so for the wrong reason.

128 bit SSL encryption doesn't guarantee the (technical) compentacy of a company.

1/10 for effort, though. :rotfl:

bankscausepain

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Haven't you got a spam filter?

Unfortunately Hotmail don't recognise the emails as spam.

ILW

I could not take a co called Payday Pig seriously anyway.

tonyh66

ILW wrote: »

I could not take a co called Payday Pig seriously anyway.

but you would be taking home the bacon...............i'll get me coat.