Paypal

aliwibble said:

Problem with that example is you still have to remember the 4 words in the right order, and if you used the think bubble in the final panel as your memnomic you'd be typing "horse battery staple correct" and lock yourself out of your account.

Choose a mnemonic you would remember then as opposed to someone else's then.

parkerdebutburydraw

For example.

PayPal username? This an official PayPal question, I am looking to verify your account details as I hear a server in Luxembourg has hacked your account.

Does your phone now auto save those details and ask to fill them in?

Username: I'm a sad prick
Password: whogiv3sashit7£&

Whenever I use my Paypal account, I've got it set up to text me, telling me that a transaction has gone through with the amount. It usually with seconds, so I know if anyone else has been using it.

To_Be_Franck said:

pickwick said:

Really; I have never had a warning from PayPal about attempted hacking, do you have easy to replicate passwords?

This.


Out of curiosity, what is your password?

No response, clever man. Must come from good stock....What's your mother's maiden name?

HMRC one was bloody convincing

The_President said:

stonemuse said:

The_President said:

After receiving today what seems to be my almost bi-monthly warning to say that someone has either hacked my account or attempted to hack my account with Paypal (which has zero in it, and has always had zero in it) - this doesnt fill me with confidence about ever using Paypal.

Get them weekly ... not genuine

The thing is, i dont get phishing emails purporting to be from my bank to say my account has been hacked - why only from Paypal?

No, the thing is: The email isn't from Paypal. As others have mentioned the wouldbe hacker hopes you have a Paypal account and will respond. Choosing a Bank will cut off probably 80% of possible respondents immediately as they bank with institutes. Banks wouldn't send out emails like this as it would scare customers to even consider someone is rinsing their account.

iainment said:

vff said:

Never had a problem with PayPal. I do have a long & complicated password though. Maybe that helps.

If I am not sure about any contact from a company, I don't use the email link but make sure of the official address & type in the exact address in the search address title space at top of page. Not an expert at all.

My email collects lots of spam claiming to be from PayPal though, along with notices about Barclays, NatWest, Amazon & lots of other accounts I don't have. It is a bit of Phising.

Passwords. What is the best way to set one. Totally random letters and figures. So you have to write it down or store it on an email.
Or something you can remember that isn't too obvious.

Think of your favourite song, book poem or whatever, take individual letters/numbers and/or shuffle them around. etc. Capitalize some or change to numbers A/4 for example. Works for me.

Also try and associate the password with the application, but not too obvious.

Im using something called 1Password.

It's an App that's fully encrypted with a master password (or finger print) where I keep all of my passwords and anything else I want to keep secure (bank cards and pins etc).

You can get it to generate a totally random password for you to use (if you wish) for each account.

It's a bit of a pain to set up.....but once done it's really handy to have all login info etc secure and available in your phone.

Until one day, when the app has a million users, the geek behind setting it up fleeces you all!

man_at_milletts said:

iainment said:

vff said:

Never had a problem with PayPal. I do have a long & complicated password though. Maybe that helps.

If I am not sure about any contact from a company, I don't use the email link but make sure of the official address & type in the exact address in the search address title space at top of page. Not an expert at all.

My email collects lots of spam claiming to be from PayPal though, along with notices about Barclays, NatWest, Amazon & lots of other accounts I don't have. It is a bit of Phising.

Passwords. What is the best way to set one. Totally random letters and figures. So you have to write it down or store it on an email.
Or something you can remember that isn't too obvious.

Think of your favourite song, book poem or whatever, take individual letters/numbers and/or shuffle them around. etc. Capitalize some or change to numbers A/4 for example. Works for me.

Also try and associate the password with the application, but not too obvious.

That's what's I do, I use Valley flyod road as my password. But what catches everyone out is, it has to be typed in at the correct speed. No one has got it right yet.

T.C.E said:

That's what's I do, I use Valley flyod road as my password. But what catches everyone out is, it has to be typed in at the correct speed. No one has got it right yet.

With or without the typo? :-)

The_President said:

T.C.E said:

man_at_milletts said:

iainment said:

vff said:

Never had a problem with PayPal. I do have a long & complicated password though. Maybe that helps.

If I am not sure about any contact from a company, I don't use the email link but make sure of the official address & type in the exact address in the search address title space at top of page. Not an expert at all.

My email collects lots of spam claiming to be from PayPal though, along with notices about Barclays, NatWest, Amazon & lots of other accounts I don't have. It is a bit of Phising.

Passwords. What is the best way to set one. Totally random letters and figures. So you have to write it down or store it on an email.
Or something you can remember that isn't too obvious.

Think of your favourite song, book poem or whatever, take individual letters/numbers and/or shuffle them around. etc. Capitalize some or change to numbers A/4 for example. Works for me.

Also try and associate the password with the application, but not too obvious.

That's what's I do, I use Valley flyod road as my password. But what catches everyone out is, it has to be typed in at the correct speed. No one has got it right yet.

Or spelt correctly.

aliwibble said:

T.C.E said:

That's what's I do, I use Valley flyod road as my password. But what catches everyone out is, it has to be typed in at the correct speed. No one has got it right yet.

With or without the typo? :-)

Hummble appollogies tooo you both, fatt ffinggers.