> Presumably Seafile has other payment options that are not asking for the same level of access.
They don't. If you look at the website now, they are offering their services for free temporarily, because they don't have any payment providers anymore. It seems Paypal was their only method of payment.
> I can't remember the last time people mentioned terrorists (or other criminals') bank accounts in the news
You might just need to look deeper. There was a Planet Money episode about how the IRS & DEA created an entire fake bank just to catch people laundering drug money:
> They don't. If you look at the website now, they are offering their services for free temporarily, because they don't have any payment providers anymore. It seems Paypal was their only method of payment.
This surprised me. The only time I've set up transactions with Paypal as the only option was when I didn't expect any transactions (a nonprofit that needed to have a public donation function for legal reasons, but actually got all its money from foundation grants).
As a user, I don't mind Paypal as an option, but when it's the only option it doesn't give a good impression.
They don't. If you look at the website now, they are offering their services for free temporarily, because they don't have any payment providers anymore. It seems Paypal was their only method of payment.
https://shop.seafile.com/product/seafile-cloud-account-subsc...
> I can't remember the last time people mentioned terrorists (or other criminals') bank accounts in the news
You might just need to look deeper. There was a Planet Money episode about how the IRS & DEA created an entire fake bank just to catch people laundering drug money:
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/03/09/469674457/episo...