If you opened a paypal account before you were 18, close it now.

[Ipquarx]

correct battery horse staple probably isn't very secure anymore, though

Well not that specific one (because it's been plastered all over the internet via xkcd) but 4 completely random words out of the dictionary in general.

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[Headcrab Zombie]

Some people like to make secure passwords by having multiple words strung together.

For example, "correct battery horse staple" is 28 characters long, extremely easy to remember, and very secure. With an unreasonable character limit you can't do passwords like these.

To me, it's moreso that fact that "20 character limt" makes me thinks they're storing 20 characters in their database, instead of hashing
There's not much else reason to restrict the character length

[Foxscotch]

Well not that specific one (because it's been plastered all over the internet via xkcd) but 4 completely random words out of the dictionary in general.

only if someone is bruteforcing it by trying every combination of characters
dropbox's zxcvbn gives a better, more realistic, modern estimate of password strength, than just judging by length

you should be able to try it out on this page (but on principle you shouldn't type your real password, or anything similar, into this, for those of you who...... might)

[ShadowsfeaR]

I'll keep mine open tyvm I use it too much.

[Ipquarx]

only if someone is bruteforcing it by trying every combination of characters
dropbox's zxcvbn gives a better, more realistic, modern estimate of password strength, than just judging by length

Even if you're trying words in general, it's still very secure. A bruteforce attack, if the attacker knew it was in the form of 4 english dictionary words with some form of separator (Which would be hard for them to come across), would still have



around 10^20 passwords to guess before they found it.

[Frequency]

closed that stuff

[Planr]

How are people supposed to transfer money over the internet then in a safe and official way?

[Darryl McKoy]

How are people supposed to transfer money over the internet then in a safe and official way?

dogecoin obviously

[hillkill]

i made a paypal account like 6 years ago and never used it. wish i knew how to do stuff so i can get commission.

[Pecon]

How are people supposed to transfer money over the internet then in a safe and official way?

There are a number of alternatives to Paypal. Circle, Squarepay, and Stripe (if you're a vendor) are all pretty popular alternatives.

[Decepticon]

i really just use paypal as a quick easy-to-use online method of payment for me and my grandmother, I store no money onto it and I don't even remember being asked for an age when signing up, but I can assure you that my birthday isn't registered to it. it's obviously pretty sleezy what they did to this guy and some others, sure, but why should I follow this call to arms to close it? or is closing it pretty much just a concern for people below 18 who used their real birth dates for their own accounts

[Headcrab Zombie]

but why should I follow this call to arms to close it?

I guess it's moreso for people who receive payments through it
If you're only using it to send payments and never keeping a balance, then it probably doesn't matter

[Decepticon]

I guess it's moreso for people who receive payments through it
If you're only using it to send payments and never keeping a balance, then it probably doesn't matter

that's pretty much what i had in mind, thanks for clarifying

[ShadowsfeaR]

I guess it's moreso for people who receive payments through it
If you're only using it to send payments and never keeping a balance, then it probably doesn't matter

I'm someone who opened my account around when I was 14ish. I never had a problem using their services, and once I was 18 and eventually tied my bank account to PayPal, and I used it to easily pay or transfer cash over from someone to my bank account. I saw this post up on Reddit and people said they just contacted PayPal with identification and had their account reinstated.

[Drydess]

There are a number of alternatives to Paypal. Circle, Squarepay, and Stripe (if you're a vendor) are all pretty popular alternatives.

square is getting a lot more popular, i've noticed it more and more in stores around my area