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Paypal is offender number one. I don't understand why they can't use google authenticator. Is it some kind of pride thing, like paypal and Amazon?
by cairo_x 9y ago
Paypal is offender number one. I don't understand why they can't use google authenticator. Is it some kind of pride thing, like paypal and Amazon?
- Crosseye_Jack 9y agoBasically its a hangover from the PayPal football days (A PayPal branded Verisign 2fa token hardware device) they used to sell.. No idea why they don't transition over to Google Auth Style TOTP Algo. But They still haven't ported all their systems to 2FA yet. Some pages require you to enter your password and append your 2fa token to the end of it (Mainly when logging in on mobile) and I know of a couple of stores that due to their PayPal integration I can not get to the final "Pay Now" page on paypal even though I successfully log into PayPal. But when you would normally get to that final page to press "Pay" the page just times out. I have to disable 2fa and do it again. You can use "Symantec VIP" (it was renamed after Verisign was brought out). Though they don't make the sign up very easy. You have to go to the 2 factor page ("Security key") under security, press "Get security key", when prompted to enter your phone number press "cancel" then press "Activate your PayPal or VIP (VeriSign Identity Protection) token" and then enroll up as normal. Its not Google Auth and it kinda feels like I can now gaining a collection of 2FA apps (iirc Namecheap's non sms 2fa is powered by Authy but you can not use Authy) so I do which they would all adopt a standard.