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    Unhappy Paypal pass key?

    Ugh, thats annoying, went to buy something on eBay on the iPhone and when it came to paying, Paypal wouldn't let me proceed without some sort of Passkey thing that i don't have. Glad it wasnt an important purchase :-/

    Have you guys come across this? What is it? Why can't they just text the code to my phone like they do on the computer versions of the site.

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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    stupid secruity measures, like if you use it on a computer you haven't tried before
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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    Quote Originally Posted by csgohan4 View Post
    stupid secruity measures, like if you use it on a computer you haven't tried before
    A phone is more likely to be list/stolen than a computer. I suspect few use the PIN functions on their phone or SIM_card, so it is sensible to add security measures.
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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    Also a pass key is more sensible as entering a full (and sometimes complicated password) on a mobile can be annoyingly difficult.

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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    you need to set it up, but i can still use the old login by swapping tabs on the android phone. maybe samsung own tabs so the iphone can't use them

    if you were stuck you could have logged in via the web browser instead of app maybe ?

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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    must be some stupid iphone thing because I do not have that problem on my android device. I have paid via the paypal app for android more than once and I just login with my usual details.

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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    Yeah just to be clear I'm using the eBay app, not the mobile browser version.

    So any iphone users know what I'm talking about? Where do I get a pass-key?

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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    go to paypal.co.uk, click profile and under phone click send and recieve mobile payments, and then the set/change pin link should be there


    if its not that then its the security key option under my account ?

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    Re: Paypal pass key?

    Aha, Paypal has a bug where you have to unlink then link, even though you hadn't linked in the first place.

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