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2008-03-31
FedEx Account
I'm finally back from my "secret trip." What's there to welcome me? An unexpected charge from "FDX."
I guess that's partly my fault. I opened a FedEx account for fun, although I have only used it once. When I used it, though, I wondered the security of their system. To apply charges to your account, all you need to do is to write down your account number on the envelope. What if I wrote down a random account number instead?
Turns out there doesn't even need to be any malice. When I called FedEx to straighten things out, I was told that it was because "the computer has mis-read the account number." What a convenient reason...
I guess that's partly my fault. I opened a FedEx account for fun, although I have only used it once. When I used it, though, I wondered the security of their system. To apply charges to your account, all you need to do is to write down your account number on the envelope. What if I wrote down a random account number instead?
Turns out there doesn't even need to be any malice. When I called FedEx to straighten things out, I was told that it was because "the computer has mis-read the account number." What a convenient reason...
