And I suspect it is some misdirected effort by PayPal to prevent it. The problem is, if they won't allow pasting passwords, they encourage people to use less secure, easier-to-remember passwords. I use KeePass, a password utility that resides on my computer, is encrypted using AES-256 and Blowfish, which generates very secure passwords. You can copy them to the cut buffer and paste them when logging in, then the cut buffer is erased in 12 seconds. This prevents keyloggers from getting your password. The password database remains encrypted while the program is running, and the code is public domain. It's an excellent solution. This also enabled me to start using really secure, long random passwords including symbols. Unfortunately, there is no way remember them and typing them without mistakes is difficult. So now I had to go back to my easy-to-remember less secure (still not awful) password. This is a really stupid feature, if PayPal designed it that way, and for someone using KeePass it forces us to abandon really good password habits. 😞 Is there a browser that lets you paste your password? Or is there a switch under PayPal settings that will let me allow this? Thanks!
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