tickets, we knew what we would have to spend in taxis and pocket money and the rest we put on the paypalrter: he chose it because of its stellar fraud protection but halfway through the trip he realized this may be too stellar. his account was frozen and couldn't access his own money. >> now, julie, this was after i called them before i left and clearly let them know where i was going to be, how long, the itinerary. >> reporter: getting it put back, it took an hour of international calls with money he didn't have. he was out of luck. >> it was humiliating. >> reporter: he couldn't pay his bills, to cancel his tours and as for food? >> cup of coffee anding an orange juice and some hard pieces of bread, that was my diet for 7 days. >> in this specific situation we made a mistake. >> reporter: when we contacted paypal it apologized for not replying to his e-mails and called jack. >> she mentioned she heard from you and she was nice and apologetic and she gave me a $500 credit. >> reporter: but when it comes to international travel, jack has a warning for consumers and debit card companies a

and the rest we put on the paypal debit card. >> reporter: he chose paypal because of stellar debt productionhalfway through the trip, he realized it may be too stellar. his account was frozen and he couldn't access his own money. >> julie, this was after i called them before i left and clearly let them know where i was going to be, how long, the whole eye continue rather. >> reporter: getting the account reactivated took an hour-long international call and money he didn't have. when paypal froze it a second time and wouldn't respond to his e-mails, he was out of luck. >> it was a humiliating feeling. >> reporter: his dream vacation turned into a nightmare. he couldn't pay his bills, had to cancel his tour. as for food? >> cup of coffee, orange juice, hard pieces of bread, my diet for seven days. >> in this situation, we made a mistake. >> reporter: paypal apologized for not reapplying to multiple e-mails and called jack directly. >> she mentioned she heard from you and she was very nice and apologetic and she gave me a $500 credit. >> reporter: but when it comes to international travel, jack

plus new york authorities cash in by policing the paypal thanks to a series of new regulations and fines for petty crime. this is our see from moscow it's nine pm saturday night here thanks for being with us it's kevin zero in with the top stories for you this hour and there i witness reports of more deaths in syria today as army troops backed by tanks and helicopters tried to regain control of the besieged southern city of daraa at least four been killed in the smalling that's just a day after the biggest anti regime rally ended with more than sixty killed across the country government troops allegedly opened fire and used tear gas against demonstrators and snipers novices in plainclothes have a crackdown on the opposition the only rights council condemned the bloodshed in the u.s. led resolution calling for international investigation and washington going even further preparing sanctions now against the syrian political elite in the freezer their assets also iran's revolutionary guard is said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to the massacres retired u.s. air for

that having a different password to log in to facebook or check your background or whatever pay your paypal bill will have one unique credential that websites will recognize you boy. as the white house said a consumer can use their single credential to log on to any website with more security than passwords alone provide it can provide it's a completely voluntary program but the white house is urging consumers and businesses to sign up for it calling it an innovation for online privacy so this is really the next step in keeping our online personas secure or is that the next step and losing our online security david seltzer is an attorney specializing in cyber issues he joins me now from our studios in florida david in miami walking to the program hi tom how are you this evening don great thank you so much for being with us first of all just real simple is this proposal by the white house a good idea or a bad idea. on it's face to me it's a bad idea but it depends how you look at it if you want to simplify your life it's a great idea but if you want to have huge exposure identity theft if it

and also saw a continued strong growth from paypal. market a little flat right now off of those economic numbers. some more solid earnings and some other companies like exxonmobil, dow chemical providing a little lift. right now the dow is up by 8 points. nasdaq is down by 6 after nearing a ten-year high yesterday and the s&p right now is lower by 1. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> back to what the world is talking about the royal wedding of course. >> the bay area even hosting several viewing parties. people got to get up early and, of course, "eye on the bay's" liam mayclem is here because you are going to be up eating your gangers and mash and bubble and squeak and toad in a hole. >> exactly. >> i like the cufflinks. >> royal cufflinks indeed. it is going to be a royal event like none other, folks. the wedding of prince william, kate middleton, alarm bells will be sounding around the globe because people have to get out of bed early for the big day. starting at 3 a.m., our time, that is 11 a.m. greenw

when the kids buy seeds or costumes or other virtual goods, parents are build real money through paypal or itunes. a congresswoman from massachusetts has asked for a full investigation. so, for instance, you can buy a pony for farmville using farmville money but that translates into real money for mom and dad. >> and no real pony. >> and no real pony. that's a lot of allowance. >> which is the genius of this thing. how on earth -- >> oh, it is. the game companies say we spell this out pretty clearly and you have to link your credit card. but in the end some family ends up with $1,000 worth of ponies. >> what i was going to say the se genius is somebody iom actually getting people to buy something that doesn't exist. >> 5:28. we'll be right back. this was so easy. that was quick. no envelopes to lick. no deposit slips to fill out. a lot less paper to deal with. i like that. i just feed in my check... feed the cash right in. and... -boom. -there it goes. it read my checks, counts my cash... adds it all up. how does it do that? it even shows me what kind of bills i deposited. four twenties

kids buy seeds on farmville or costumes or virtual goods, the parents are billed real money through paypalr itunes. the "wall street journal" says a congresswoman from massachusetts has asked for a full investigation. i looked through our archives and found at least one example of a family that ended up with a $1200 bill based on a smurfs game. that's going to be a shock when you get your itunes bill. >> the same thing happens with cell phones and texting. i know a lot of parents face that with texting. >> do you remember way back when it happened with aol. somebody would get a computer and hook it up to aol and it would make a long distance call and you'd get a $10,000 phone bill. >> i don't remember that. i'm too young. >> back in the -- way back in the '90s. >> the cotton gin, remember that? >> i remember when there were no computers. >>> 6:28. coming up, people will be out protesting cuts at california's universities and colleges today. a live report coming up. >>> plus some people think san francisco will go too far to try to make nightclubs safer. we'll take a look at proposed new re

around the globe who just with the help of their computer can launch a cyberattack on a site like paypal and take that down. it's happening in europe and elsewhere and feel passionate about wikileaks so it's definitely the financial threat that the internet, you know, poses. i'm just not sure that the congress is any more -- any less, you know, generous, if you want to put it in those terms, about the internet. you know, the person who actually is extremely, i think, concerned about the internet and who has been calling for an internet kill switch, they have a button to turn it off. so, you know, to prosecute anyone connected to wikileaks is joe lieberman. i just don't think this change will come, it will come from congress. they appear actually much more aggressive here than the government itself. and they are the ones who are accusing the department of justice of a very wicked action to assange. so i think if anything the change will come probably and the pressure will come from some of the hits that are not part of the companies. i mean, there are still a lot of very influential peopl

the only site i do like to use is paypal, because they have an insurance policy is anything -- if anything goes wrong. i'm curious about your take on that and what type of education is really out there for people, because a lot of people are intolerable, a matter what age they are brought -- a lot of people are vulnerable, no matter what age they are. guest: the caller has a great point as far as education. certainly, the attacks that are occurring in and of themselves are educating people, but it is coming into a bit late. there are a number of different groups that have looked into this issue and have made recommendations related to education, and we need to make education into schools about computers and security. the steps are starting to happen. they might be a little bit slow, but they are starting to happen. the other thing that folks need to understand is that we have, in my opinion, for too long look that internet issues in a way that really borders on anonymous. in other words, you deal with your bank, but on an anonymous level did a lot of banks are starting to improve their sec

the only site i do like to use is paypal, because they have an insurance policy is anything -- if anythings wrong. i'm curious about your take on that and what type of education is really out there for people, because a lot of people are intolerable, a matter what age they are brought -- a lot of people are vulnerable, no matter what age they are. guest: the caller has a great point as far as education. certainly, the attacks that are occurring in and of themselves are educating people, but it is coming into a bit late. there are a number of different groups that have looked into this issue and have made recommendations related to education, and we need to make education into schools about computers and security. the steps are starting to happen. they might be a little bit slow, but they are starting to happen. the other thing that folks need to understand is that we have, in my opinion, for too long look that internet issues in a way that really borders on anonymous. in other words, you deal with your bank, but on an anonymous level did a lot of banks are starting to improve their securit

cingular blocked paypal after contracting with another online payment service. now, this is a perfect example of why we need to keep the competition on the provider side. you can lead the consumers with access with presumably a less efficient payment service if they would not select given their own prerogative because it is locked in through some sort of slotting fee or some arrangement under the same capital structure as an access provider. so this rule is actually critical to continue to operate a free and open internet. that's why the f.c.c. moved forward with explicit permission from congress with rules of this issue. there were open process and got buy-in from all major parties including internet service providers. there are many on the left that wish the rule went further. yes, there might be some in business that prefers there were no rules at all. the vast majority of the business community strongly supports the consensus rules that the f.c.c. came out with. of those commenting on the proposed rule before the f.c.c., well over 90% supported the commissio