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07-24-2019

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If Microsoft did not create such insecure software, anti-virus companies like MalwareBytes would not be in business.

It's an industry many of us in my circle of cybersecurity experts refer to as a "self-licking ice-cream cone" because all these companies just feed off the insecurity of the Window's (for the most part) operating system.

It's really a social and economic tragedy when you stop to think about it.

I just finished a GREAT book called "Lost in Math - How Beauty Leads Physics Astray" by Sabine Hossenfelder. In her transformational book, she describes the various biases, including cognitive bias" to which "following the herd" is a subset.

Computer security is so full of cognitive bias that if you really understood the industry, your stomach would turn, realizing how much corporate greed is the root cause of most of the IT insecurity we face in society.

There is yet no "antivirus software" for human greed and ignorance.

IMNSHO, everyone should read (or listen to), Sabine Hossenfelder's book, "Lost in Math".

Neo

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business::paypal::api::authorizationrequest

Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest(3pm)	User Contributed Perl Documentation	  Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest(3pm)

NAME

       Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest - PayPal AuthorizationRequest API

SYNOPSIS

	 use Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest;

	 ## see Business::PayPal::API documentation for parameters
	 my $pp = new Business::PayPal::API::DoAuthorizationRequest ( ... );

	 my %response = $pp->DoAuthorizationRequest (
						TransactionID => $transid,
						CurrencyID    => $currencyID,
						Amount	       => $amout,
						);

DESCRIPTION

       Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest implements PayPal's AuthorizationRequest API using SOAP::Lite to make direct API calls to
       PayPal's SOAP API server. It also implements support for testing via PayPal's sandbox. Please see Business::PayPal::API for details on
       using the PayPal sandbox. This request is only used with "Order" type Authorizations. An "Order" must first be placed using the
       ExpressCheckout module. DirectPayment authorizations can only be used for "Basic" authorizations.

   AuthorizationRequest
       Implements PayPal's AuthorizationRequest API call. Supported parameters include:

	 TransactionID
	 Amount
	 currencyID (defaults to 'USD' if not supplied)

       as described in the PayPal "Web Services API Reference" document. The default currencyID setting is 'USD' if not otherwise specified.

       Returns a hash containing the results of the transaction.

       Example:

	 my %resp = $pp->DoAuthorizationRequest (
						 TransactionID => $trans_id,
						 Amount        => '15.00',
						 );

	 unless( $resp{Ack} ne 'Success' ) {
	     for my $error ( @{$response{Errors}} ) {
		 warn "Error: " . $error->{LongMessage} . "
";
	     }
	 }

   ERROR HANDLING
       See the ERROR HANDLING section of Business::PayPal::API for information on handling errors.

   EXPORT
       None by default.

SEE ALSO

       <https://developer.paypal.com/en_US/pdf/PP_APIReference.pdf>

AUTHOR

       Danny Hembree <danny@dynamical.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2006 by Danny Hembree

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or,
       at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

perl v5.14.2							    2009-12-07			  Business::PayPal::API::AuthorizationRequest(3pm)