Google App Engine "accidentally" blocks PayPal
There was a reason for suspicion in the conspiracy. It turns out that the new Google App Engine platform for creating and hosting third-party web applications does not allow other applications to access PayPal for making payments.
Application developers who use PayPal to make payments have configured them so that a preliminary request is sent to PayPal. The URL that is used for these requests is registered on the domain paypal.com. In Google App Engine applications, requests for any of these URLs give an “error when loading” without specifying any details.
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Many developers have expressed their dissatisfaction on the Google App Engine forum (as well as on Hacker News ), discussing ways out of this situation. So, they found a way to “get around” all sorts of restrictions using third-party proxies (for example, TinyURL). To which Google’s employee Marcia Niccolai (Marzia Niccolai) left her comment this morning, arguing that the error was due to their anti-phishing protection:
Thanks for the information! We finally figured out what was wrong. Our anti-phishing protection had an error that blocked specific URL domains when using the URLFetch service. We made a mistake, restrictions will be lifted in the next few days.
Usually such things do not cause much resonance, but the fact that recently there has been a very strong hostility between Google and eBay that causes certain suspicions. However, the Google black anti-phishing list, of course, does not include the paypal.com domain.
Most developers who have spoken about this are still sure that Google has blocked this service. However, it now remains only to believe Google that blocking Paypal was an accident caused by the peculiarities of their anti-phishing protection. In view of the fact that today the number of fraudulent sites is growing, one could make sure that the real Paypal works as it should. In addition, Google's phishing tests have shown that Paypal’s website is completely safe and secure.
Why is the result for App Engine turned out to be different? For intrigue, let's say that the phishing test project was launched last month.
Source: Google App Engine “accidentally” blocks PayPal
Application developers who use PayPal to make payments have configured them so that a preliminary request is sent to PayPal. The URL that is used for these requests is registered on the domain paypal.com. In Google App Engine applications, requests for any of these URLs give an “error when loading” without specifying any details.
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Many developers have expressed their dissatisfaction on the Google App Engine forum (as well as on Hacker News ), discussing ways out of this situation. So, they found a way to “get around” all sorts of restrictions using third-party proxies (for example, TinyURL). To which Google’s employee Marcia Niccolai (Marzia Niccolai) left her comment this morning, arguing that the error was due to their anti-phishing protection:
Thanks for the information! We finally figured out what was wrong. Our anti-phishing protection had an error that blocked specific URL domains when using the URLFetch service. We made a mistake, restrictions will be lifted in the next few days.
Usually such things do not cause much resonance, but the fact that recently there has been a very strong hostility between Google and eBay that causes certain suspicions. However, the Google black anti-phishing list, of course, does not include the paypal.com domain.
Most developers who have spoken about this are still sure that Google has blocked this service. However, it now remains only to believe Google that blocking Paypal was an accident caused by the peculiarities of their anti-phishing protection. In view of the fact that today the number of fraudulent sites is growing, one could make sure that the real Paypal works as it should. In addition, Google's phishing tests have shown that Paypal’s website is completely safe and secure.
Why is the result for App Engine turned out to be different? For intrigue, let's say that the phishing test project was launched last month.
Source: Google App Engine “accidentally” blocks PayPal
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