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Sounds like you've got some unusual configuration options turned on or something. The most glaring odd thing here is that you apparently don't have your passwo

Sounds like you've got some unusual configuration options turned on or something. The most glaring odd thing here is that you apparently don't have your password vault available on the same machine you're shopping from, which seems odd to me. Even so, if I went that route it'd still be easy b/c with the Apple ecosystem, the clipboard is shared between devices. One can copy a password from the phone and paste it on the Mac. The tl;dr here is that I really don't understand why you had to retype your password. I never type my strong passwords. Why would you put yourself in a position where that's required? Finally, when I pay via Paypal using my Amex, I never have to re-auth to Amex. It just flows through. So it sounds like that's something you've chosen to set up, not something inherent to the process.

pc86 3y ago
Opening your password manage and displaying the strong password openly on the screen while manually retyping it on a different machine - rather than just installing the password manager on that machine - definitely sounds like a "why are you doing that?" kind of thing. Likewise I've used a half dozen different cards and multiple bank accounts through PayPal for the last couple decades and can't remember the last time I've had to reauth on any of them during a checkout.
- michaelt 3y ago
  > Opening your password manage and displaying the strong password openly on the screen while manually retyping it on a different machine - rather than just installing the password manager on that machine - definitely sounds like a "why are you doing that?" kind of thing. That one's on me, yes. The Yubikey I needed to unlock the password manager on the PC was upstairs and I couldn't be bothered to get it, so I used my phone instead. (Why was the yubikey upstairs? Well you see, that's where the fireproof safe is. But I can't blame ebay for that, so I didn't mention it)
- g-b-r 3y ago
  > Opening your password manage and displaying the strong password openly on the screen while manually retyping it on a different machine - rather than just installing the password manager on that machine - definitely sounds like a "why are you doing that?" kind of thing. If the machine with the passwords is less exposed it's on average a lot safer (but now you have the problem of keyloggers of course)
michaelt 3y ago
> Finally, when I pay via Paypal using my Amex, I never have to re-auth to Amex. It just flows through. So it sounds like that's something you've chosen to set up, not something inherent to the process. To be fair to the parties involved, they might well blame "EU strong customer authentication rules"

pc86 3y ago

Opening your password manage and displaying the strong password openly on the screen while manually retyping it on a different machine - rather than just installing the password manager on that machine - definitely sounds like a "why are you doing that?" kind of thing. Likewise I've used a half dozen different cards and multiple bank accounts through PayPal for the last couple decades and can't remember the last time I've had to reauth on any of them during a checkout.

michaelt 3y ago
> Opening your password manage and displaying the strong password openly on the screen while manually retyping it on a different machine - rather than just installing the password manager on that machine - definitely sounds like a "why are you doing that?" kind of thing. That one's on me, yes. The Yubikey I needed to unlock the password manager on the PC was upstairs and I couldn't be bothered to get it, so I used my phone instead. (Why was the yubikey upstairs? Well you see, that's where the fireproof safe is. But I can't blame ebay for that, so I didn't mention it)
g-b-r 3y ago
> Opening your password manage and displaying the strong password openly on the screen while manually retyping it on a different machine - rather than just installing the password manager on that machine - definitely sounds like a "why are you doing that?" kind of thing. If the machine with the passwords is less exposed it's on average a lot safer (but now you have the problem of keyloggers of course)

michaelt 3y ago

> Finally, when I pay via Paypal using my Amex, I never have to re-auth to Amex. It just flows through. So it sounds like that's something you've chosen to set up, not something inherent to the process. To be fair to the parties involved, they might well blame "EU strong customer authentication rules"