How to PERMANENTLY turn OFF "Trusted Device" so PayPal NEVER adds ANY device as Trusted Login?
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Hello, this is getting aggravating so am turning to community as my last resort before I shut down PayPal -- I gotta tell ya, PayPal has my banking information and I am not playing games with my finances! So the issue is this: every time I make a payment using PayPal, then later get an email saying my device has been recognized and added to a trusted device list. THIS CAN NOT BE. I am forced to invest my time taking a special trip to PayPal's website, login, go find the setting and disable it. This is getting aggravating. I use proxy, private relay, VPN and while PayPal think's it can recognize my device, the reality is that it's HIGHLY unlikely the implementation of this trusted device feature ACTUALLY keeps me secure. It's 2023 and we are in a state of cyber war. As I write this post, my device is on lockdown and I am seeing little rose emoji's, horse emoji, peace sign emoji's posted all over this page (e.g., on the WYSIWYG editor). I wish I could upload a picture so you can see what I see! The LAST thing I want is "trusted" or "remembered" -- ridiculously easily spoofed browser fingerprints attached to my bank Account.
My question is this -- IS there a way to PERMANENTLY TURN OFF the feature to prevent PayPal from adding my login to a list of trusted or remembered devices? To confirm, I am very aware how to remove a device from the list, but what i'm asking is to turn off the feature that adds devices to that list so that I never again have to log in to remove devices.
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If paypal was just a news site, forum, etc. then I think none of this would be a big deal. But it is a big deal for a service with a direct connection to my finances to enable, by default and without input from the user, any kind of "auto login" feature like this. I disable this every single time, and yet paypal wants to keep adding devices as trusted in a way that bypasses my need to authenticate without first asking me. I cannot imagine what kind of convoluted security model convinced anyone that this is OK. At a minimum, this feature needs a permanent disable switch, and at a maximum, it needs to be off by default for everyone unless they specifically opt in.
Please give users the ability to disable this feature.
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I totally agree with you and the fact that paypal will not address this illegal behavior is fast becoming a red flag ..... but then companies like mastercard and visa are forcing tap and go function with no challenge on our banking institutions. apparently our finances are not important enough to secure and we should just let anyone have access to help themselves.
Don't forget that you will need 2fa to login to that free game!!! Ha Ha what a joke paypal

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