My friend, colleague and former graduate student Carl Ness recently wrote to me excitedly, “It’s about time this reached the consumer… I got mine yesterday, and I must say, it works really well. Now ...

PayPal unveiled a new security key on Friday that will add another layer of security to user accounts and help prevent online criminals from gaining access to them. The PayPal Security Key is a small ...

Over the next few months, eBay will be offering its PayPal users a new tool in the fight against phishers: a US$5 security key. The PayPal Security Key is actually a small electronic device, designed ...

Over the next few months, eBay Inc. will be offering its PayPal users a new tool in the fight against phishers: a $5 security key. The PayPal Security Key is actually a small electronic device, ...

PayPal has at least temporarily shut off two-factor authentication for the PayPal mobile app after a security researcher found a way to bypass that second factor. "These [two factor authentication] ...

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