Opened an account today to pay on a website that doesn't offer plain credit card as payment option. Had to use my secondary email address because the main one has been used to open an unverified account on paypal.de (unverified but with a SEPA bank account attached to it!), they don't respond to my emails and paypal.it staff can't close that account. Now I see that SMS is the default 2FA method for paypal without the possibility to use Google Authenticator. Now tell me what's the value added wrt just using Verified by Visa or Mastercard 3D Secure or similar technologies. I can't see any, but I clearly see the burden of checking yet another account and the risk of money leaking for poor security choices. Dear Paypal, let me tell you just one thing... I feel my money is not secure in your hands and I think I won't let this account open for a long time. Adieu Avio
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