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PayPal Announces Support for Safari Passkeys Feature

Popular payments service PayPal today announced that it is introducing support for passkeys, providing an easier and more secure login method for PayPal accounts. Apple integrated passkeys into iOS with the launch of iOS 16, and it is also available in iPadOS 16.1 and macOS Ventura, coming today.

PayPal says that passkey logins will be available to iPhone , iPad , and Mac users on the PayPal website, and it will expand to other platforms in the future. Passkeys replace passwords, and will allow users to log in without remembering a password.

To create a passkey, PayPal users can log in to the website and then choose the "Create a passkey" option. Passkeys on iOS and Mac devices sync with iCloud Keychain for security purposes, and logins are authenticated with Face ID or Touch ID .

While PayPal is one of the first companies to implement passkeys support, there are other apps and websites that it works with, including Best Buy, eBay, Dashlane, and Kayak.

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PayPal passkeys will start rolling out today to customers in the U.S.. PayPal passkeys will become available in additional countries early in 2023, and on additional technology platforms as they add support for passkeys.

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PayPal Honey for Safari 4+

Your smart shopping assistant.

• 4.6 • 7.4K Ratings

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Save money and earn rewards when you shop online. Join PayPal Honey, America’s #1 Shopping Tool.* Our 17M+ members find an average of $126/year in savings! Add Honey to your browser in seconds and shop like normal. We’ll pop up and do the work for you. - Find great deals on 30,000+ sites With one click, Honey will automatically look for and apply digital coupons and promo codes it finds to your cart. We’ll help you score the lowest price at some of your favorite brands. - Load up on Cash Back - it adds up fast** You could earn Cash Back at your favorite stores and on must-have items at Finish Line, Lowe’s, Macy’s, Sephora, Udemy, and more! Be on the look out for chances to earn even more rewards with Double Cash Back and other exclusive offers. - Know the best time to buy Add items to your Droplist and Honey will track the price. We'll email you if we detect a price drop, so you don't miss a deal. - Compare Amazon sellers easily We compare sellers for you – even factoring in their shipping cost and your Prime status. Use our tracking and price history tools for more chances to save. Want more deals? Access Honey on your iPhone and iPad too. ----------------------- *Based on an independent survey of 1000 US Online Coupon Shoppers. **Cash redemption requires an account with PayPal account in good standing. Terms and exclusions apply. By using the PayPal Honey browser extension, you agree to PayPal Honey’s terms and conditions. (https://www.joinhoney.com/terms) Disclaimer: This extension uses Google Analytics to collect extension usage statistics to help improve user experience. If you want to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or you can set up a filter in Adblock Plus or similar ad blocker tools like AdBlock, uBlock or Adblock Pro.

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7.4K Ratings

An Awesome App

I've had the Honey app for about 3 years now and I have benefited greatly just for shopping, something I do anyway. I no longer have to search the web for coupon codes. Honey finds the most relevant coupon codes that saves me the most money. Sometimes, Honey has saved me more money than the coupons a website might offer. That's not even the best part about the Honey app. Within just this year, I have earned over $135 cash back. That's real cash back in my pocket!!!! I try not to make big purchases if I don't have the Honey app available. If you are thinking about downloading the app, what are you waiting for? You're literally losing money without it. Happy shopping!!!

To respond to the devloper comment, it wasn't the codes that usually didn't work that ultimately made me remove it from my computer, it was how horrible it made Safari run. The Honey Extension really slowed things down. Between this and the fact that the codes didn't always work, I removed it. And FWIW, I didn't ever enter codes, I just let Honey do it, but like I mentioned, most times they didn't work... I downloaded this a couple of months ago on my MBA. Over the last couple of months, it has "saved" me some money on a few random purchases without me actually having to search for codes and trying them. I never signed up with Honey, I just let it do it's thing when browsing for items to buy. Most times it didn't do anything though... Anyway, I have noticed the last few weeks that my computer has been going really slow.... and this came on suddenly. I have gigabit internet and my computers no slouch, so I knew something was wrong... I had a hunch that it may be this app slowing everything down so today I deleted it from my computer.... and BAM! My computer is back to lightening fast! So, nevermind the fact that this is just a data miner (but what isn't anymore?) but this was an ok app. Too bad it slowed everything down so much though... I couldn't take how much it slowed Safari down and took it off... and it won't be back. I'll just have to go back to using google to search for coupons again! lol.

Developer Response ,

Hey there, thanks for reaching out! It's possible that code you used just didn't apply to the items in your cart. Our system monitors coupon activity - If it finds that a coupon code hasn’t been working for any of our members, it will be removed from our system. We do not sell your personal information. Ever. Honey works by finding you the best deals. When you buy something with a Honey coupon, promo code, or offer, the store sometimes pays us a fee. That’s how we make money. We do not need to (or want to) sell your information.

Smart way of collecting user data

I used this app, and in the beginning, it saved me a few bucks. Sure, it is convenient to have an automatic coupon search when they even work. It is, however, unclear how to use the accumulated reward points (I guess they're helpful to use within their affiliated merchants?). Anyway, despite its usefulness or not, I uninstalled this app given the incredible amount of personal data it collects from users, including financial information, browser history, searches, location, and so much more. They build a comprehensive profile of their users to serve whatever business they run behind the curtains based on user data mining. Suppose this is okay if you don't mind giving away your sensitive data for free (the coupons are searchable anyway). Honey is a Paypal service, a company whose business model and ethics are not on my best consideration. If you make heavy use of online shopping, you can save a few dollars the easy way, but the trade of my personal information for such a convenience is definitely not worth it.

Hey there! We're happy to clarify. When you earn enough, you can redeem your Honey Gold for a gift card of your choice on the Redemption Page. In terms of privacy, we only read the page when you're on a whitelisted shopping site so that we can find coupon codes for you. If you're not on a shopping site on our whitelist, then we don't track or see any of your browsing. Our extension never collects other sites' passwords, phone numbers, or your credit card info. Additionally, we do not sell your personal information. Ever. Honey works by finding you the best deals. When you buy something with a Honey coupon, promo code, or offer, the store sometimes pays us a fee. That’s how we make money. We do not need to (or want to) sell your information. You can read more about the commitment in our Privacy Policy: http://bit.ly/2QlMqqe.

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PayPal warns: Steer clear of Apple's Safari browser

Safari doesn't make paypal's list of recommended browsers because it doesn't have two important anti-phishing security features.

By Robert McMillan

IDG News Service |

If you're using Apple's Safari browser, PayPal has some advice for you: Drop it, at least if you want to avoid online fraud.

Safari doesn't make PayPal's list of recommended browsers because it doesn't have two important  anti-phishing  security features, according to Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer.

"Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what they need to do, to protect their customers," Barrett said in an interview. "Our recommendation at this point, to our customers, is use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 when it comes out, or Firefox 2 or Firefox 3, or indeed Opera."

Safari is the default browser on Apple's Macintosh computers and the iPhone, but it is also  available for the PC . Both Firefox and Opera run on the Mac.

Unlike its competitors, Safari has no built-in phishing filter to warn users when they are visiting suspicious Web sites, Barrett said. Another problem is Safari's lack of support for another anti-phishing technology, called  Extended Validation  (EV) certificates. This is a secure Web browsing technology that turns the address bar green when the browser is visiting a legitimate Web site.

When it comes to fighting phishing, "Safari has got nothing in terms of security support, only SSL (Secure Sockets Layer encryption), that's it," he said. Apple representatives weren't immediately available to comment on this story.

An emerging technology, EV certificates are already supported in Internet Explorer 7, and they've been used on PayPal's Web site for more than a year now. When IE 7 visits PayPal, the browser's address bar turns green -- a sign to users that the site is legitimate. Upcoming versions of Firefox and Opera are expected to support the technology.

But EV certificates have their critics. Last year, researchers at Microsoft and Stanford University published a study showing that, without training, people were unlikely to notice the green address-bar notification provided by EV certificates.

Still, Barrett says data compiled on PayPal's Web site show that the EV certificates are having an effect. He says IE 7 users are more likely to sign on to PayPal's Web site than users who don't have EV certificate technology, presumably because they're confident that they're visiting a legitimate site.

Over the past few months, IE 7 users have been less likely to drop out and abandon the process of signing on to PayPal, he said. "It's a several percentage-point drop in abandonment rates," he said. "That number is... measurably lower for IE 7 users."

Opera, IE, and Firefox are " safer , precisely because we think they are safer for the average consumer," he added. "I'd love to say that Safari was a safer browser, but at this point it isn't."

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Integrate Apple Pay with JS SDK for direct merchants

We've made changes to this page and its layout to improve the developer experience., apple pay integration.

Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service provided by Apple Inc.

Buyers can use Apple Pay to make payments on the web using the Safari web browser or an iOS device.

Sellers can use Apple Pay to sell:

• Physical goods, such as clothes and electronics.
• Digital goods, such as software.
• Intangible professional services, such as concerts or gym memberships.

Visit this site for more information about Apple Pay.

Completed Apple Pay checkout integration

Supported countries and currencies

Apple Pay supports payments in 32 countries and 22 currencies:

• Countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom
• Currencies: AUD , BRL , CAD , CHF , CZK , DKK , EUR , GBP , HKD , HUF , ILS , JPY , MXN , NOK , NZD , PHP , PLN , SEK , SGD , THB , TWD , USD

Tip: If you want to integrate additional methods of accepting payment beyond Apple Pay, visit our Advanced Checkout guide for additional integration choices.

How it works

The Apple Pay button shows up on your website when a customer uses the Safari web browser on an eligible device.

When your buyer selects the Apple Pay button:

• Your website shows the buyer a payment sheet.
• The buyer confirms the purchase details, such as the shipping address and payment method.
• The buyer authorizes the purchase on the payment sheet.

The payment sheet helps streamline the checkout process by showing the customer the information needed to make the payment.

Payment sheets can show the user's name, address, shipping information, and email address. You can customize this payment sheet to include the user details and payment information you need for your Apple Pay integration.

Visit this site for more details about Apple Pay's compatibility.

Screenshot of a payment sheet on a mobile device

Integration video

Watch our video tutorial for this integration:

Know before you code

Apple Pay works on Safari browsers and the following versions of iOS devices:

• macOS 10.14.1 and later.
• iOS 12.1 and later.

Currently supports Apple Pay one-time payments with the buyer present.

• Review Apple's terms and conditions for the Apple Pay platform.
• See Apple's developer terms for more information.

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GitHub Codespaces are cloud-based development environments where you can code and test your PayPal integrations. Learn more

1. Set up your sandbox account to accept Apple Pay

Before you can accept Apple Pay on your website, verify that your sandbox business account supports Apple Pay. Use the PayPal Developer Dashboard to set up your sandbox account to accept Apple Pay.

• Log into the PayPal Developer Dashboard and go to your sandbox account.
• Go to Apps & Credentials .
• Make sure you are in the PayPal sandbox environment by selecting Sandbox at the top.
• Select or create an app.
• Scroll down to Features and check if Apple Pay is enabled. If Apple Pay isn't enabled, select the Apple Pay checkbox and select the "Save" link to enable Apple Pay.

If you created a sandbox business account through sandbox.paypal.com , and the Apple Pay status for the account shows as disabled, complete the sandbox onboarding steps to enable Apple Pay.

Tip: When your integration is ready to go live, read the Go live section for details about the additional steps needed for Apple Pay onboarding.

2. Getting started in your testing environment

Before you develop your Apple Pay on the Web integration, you need to complete Get started to set up your PayPal account, client ID, and sandbox emails for testing.

• Download and host the domain association file for your sandbox environment.
• Register your sandbox domain.
• Create an Apple Pay sandbox account for testing. You don't need an Apple developer account to go live.

Important: You need to verify any domain names that you want to show an Apple Pay button. Apple rejects payments from unverified domains. The Apple Pay payment method won't work if the domain isn't registered.

Download and host sandbox domain association file

• Download the domain association file for your sandbox environment.
• Host the file on your test environment at /.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association.

Register your sandbox domains

• Go to your PayPal Developer Dashboard.
• Register all high-level domains and subdomains that show the Apple Pay button, such as businessexample.com and checkout.businessexample.com.
• After the domains and subdomains are registered, you can test the Apple Pay buttons after you register the domains and subdomains.

Create Apple Pay sandbox account

Create an Apple Pay sandbox account on the Apple Developer website to get a test wallet and test cards to test your Apple Pay integration.

If you already have an Apple sandbox account, you can use that account and move on to the next step.

• Create an Apple developer account .
• Create an Apple sandbox account .
• Get test cards from your Apple sandbox account.

3. Integrate Apple Pay checkout

Follow this integration process to add Apple Pay as a checkout option, customize the payment experience, and process payments.

Important: You can find a complete example in the GitHub repo .

Call the Orders API

To accept Apple Pay directly on your website, create API endpoints on your server that communicate with the PayPal Orders V2 API . These endpoints can create an order, authorize payment, and capture payment for an order.

Server-side example (Node.js)

The following example uses the PayPal Orders V2 API to add routes to an Express server for creating orders and capturing payments.

• paypal-api.js

4. Set up your Apple Pay button

You need to Integrate with the Apple Pay JavaScript SDK and PayPal JavaScript SDK to add Apple Pay to your site.

Integrate PayPal JavaScript SDK

Use this script to integrate with the PayPal JavaScript SDK:

Include applepay in the components list.

Integrate Apple JavaScript SDK

Use this script to integrate with the Apple JavaScript SDK:

PayPal's Apple Pay component interacts with your JavaScript code in 4 areas:

• Checking merchant eligibility for Apple Pay: paypal.Applepay().config() .
• Creating an Apple Pay session.
• Handling the onvalidatemerchant callback: paypal.Applepay().validateMerchant() .
• Handling the onpaymentauthorized callback: paypal.Applepay().confirmOrder() .

Before you show the Apple Pay button, make sure that you can create an Apple Pay instance and that the device can make an Apple Pay payment.

Use ApplePaySession.canMakePayments to check if the device can make Apple Pay payments.

Tip: When testing, you need to be logged into the iCloud account for your testing environment. Testing in the sandbox requires you to log into an iTunes Connect sandbox tester account , which you can create with an Apple Developer account . When you test in a live environment, log into a live iCloud account.

Check for device and merchant eligibility before setting up the Apple Pay button.

To check eligibility, use the PayPal JavaScript SDK API paypal.Applepay().config() .

Tip: You can find more details on how to set up the Apple Pay button in Apple's developer documentation .

5. Create Apple Pay session

The ApplePaySession object manages the Apple Pay payment process on the web. Create a new ApplePaySession each time a buyer explicitly requests a payment, such as inside an onclick event. If you don't create an ApplePaySession each time, you get a "Must create a new ApplePaySession from a user gesture handler" JavaScript exception. For more information about this error, visit Apple's Creating an Apple Pay Session page.

For each ApplePaySession , create an ApplePayPaymentRequest object, which includes information about payment processing capabilities, the payment amount, and shipping information.

The response object of the PayPal JavaScript SDK API paypal.Applepay().config() provides the following parameters in the ApplePayPaymentRequest object:

• countryCode
• merchantCapabilities
• supportedNetworks

Include the new ApplePaySession inside a gesture handler, such as an onclick event or an addEventListener click handler.

Creating an ApplePaySession object throws a JavaScript exception if any of the following occurs:

• Any Apple Pay JavaScript API is called from an insecure page that doesn't use https .
• An incorrect payment request is passed. Payment requests are incorrect if they contain missing, unknown or invalid properties, or if the total amount is negative.

onvalidatemerchant callback

Use paypal.Applepay().validateMerchant() in the onvalidatemerchant callback to create a validated Apple Pay session object:

onpaymentauthorized callback

Safari calls the  onpaymentauthorized  callback with an  event  object. The event object passes a  token  which you need to send to PayPal to confirm the order.

Capture the order using the PayPal Orders V2 API . Use paypal.Applepay().confirmOrder() to send the orderID , the Apple Pay token, billing contact details, and confirm the order.

6. Show the payment sheet

After you have created the Apple Pay session and added the callbacks, call the session.begin  method to show the payment sheet. You can only call the  begin  method when a buyer explicitly requests a payment, such as inside an  onclick  event. The begin method throws a JavaScript exception if the buyer does not explicitly request the action:

After the buyer starts a payment in the browser, they use their Apple device to authorize the payment.

Customize payment

Customize the payment experience using the Apple Pay JavaScript SDK .

Per Apple's development guidelines, your Apple Pay integration needs to follow these rules:

• The last step of an Apple Pay transaction should be when the buyer uses the payment sheet to confirm the payment.
• Don't ask the buyer to complete additional confirmation after they use the Apple Pay payment sheet to confirm the payment.
• Don't allow changes to the order after the buyer confirms the payment on the Apple Pay payment sheet.

The commonly used customizations for Apple Pay are:

7. Test your integration

Test your Apple Pay integration in the PayPal sandbox and production environments to ensure that your app works correctly.

Use your personal sandbox login information during checkout to complete a payment using Apple Pay. Then, log into the sandbox site sandbox.paypal.com to see that the money has moved into your account.

• Open your test page with the Safari web browser on an iOS device or computer.
• Get a test card from your Apple sandbox account.
• Add the test card to your Apple Wallet on your iOS device or by using the Safari browser on the web.
• Tap the Apple Pay button to open a pop-up with the Apple Pay payment sheet.
• Make a payment using the Apple Pay payment sheet.
• If you have an additional confirmation page on your merchant website, continue to confirm the payment.
• Log in to your merchant account and continue to your confirmation page to confirm that the money you used for payment showed up in the account.

Make Apple Pay available to buyers using your website or app.

Important: Before going live, complete production onboarding to process Apple Pay payments with your live PayPal account.

Live environment

If you're a new merchant, sign up for a PayPal business account .

Use your personal production login information during checkout to complete an Apple Pay transaction. Then log into paypal.com to see the money move out of your account.

Getting started in your live environment

Verify any domain names in your live environment that will show an Apple Pay button. Apple Pay transactions only work on a domain and site registered to you.

• Download and host the domain association file for your live environment.
• Register your live domain on your PayPal Developer Dashboard.

Important: The Apple Pay payment method won't work if the domain and site aren't registered. The merchant that owns the domain is responsible for registering that domain.

Prerequisites

Enable Apple Pay for your live account:

• Log into the PayPal Developer Dashboard with your live PayPal account.
• Select the Sandbox/Live toggle so it shows Live .
• Scroll down to Features .
• Select the Apple Pay checkbox and select the Save link.

Create an app:

• Create an app similar to what you created in the sandbox. You don't need to log into a separate test account.

Download and host live domain association file

Host a domain association file for each high-level domain and subdomain that show the Apple Pay button.

• Download the domain association file for your live environment.
• https://example.com/.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association
• https://subdomain.example.com/.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association

Note: Remove the file extension from the domain association file when you host it on your server.

Register your live domain on PayPal

Add all high-level domains that show the Apple Pay button.

• Select your app.
• Scroll down to Features > Accept payments > Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments .
• Check if Apple Pay is enabled. If Apple Pay isn't enabled, select the Apple Pay checkbox and select the Save link to enable Apple Pay.
• Select the Manage link in the Apple Pay section.
• Select Add Domain and enter your domain name.
• Select Register Domain . If registration fails, check that the domain association file is live and saved to the right place on your live site.

After your domain is registered:

• The domain appears under Domains registered with Apple Pay .
• Buyers can make payments using the Apple Pay button on the registered website.

Testing in your live environment

When testing a purchase in production, consider:

• The business account receiving money can't also make the purchase.
• If you create a personal account with the same information as the business account, those accounts might experience restrictions.

How to test Apple Pay payments in a live environment:

• Open your test page with Safari on iOS or desktop.
• Select the Apple Pay button to open a pop-up with the Apple Pay payment sheet.
• Proceed with the Apple Pay checkout transaction.
• If you have an additional confirmation page on your merchant website, confirm the payment.
• Log in to your merchant account and confirm that the money has moved into that account.

Troubleshoot your integration

Make sure that there are no browser console warnings or errors. The JavaScript SDK configuration attributes have distinct validation checks for input formatting and values.

If the validation fails, the web browser's developer console shows warning messages that say which property is incorrect and what you need to do to address the issue. The library generally attempts to revert to the safe default values if missing or incorrect inputs exist.

Next steps & customizations

Get started testing, add security to your checkout experience or create customizations for your audience.

Add PayPal payment buttons and customized card fields.

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PayPal: Steer clear of Safari

If you’re using Apple’s Safari browser, PayPal has some advice for you: Drop it, at least if you want to avoid online fraud.

Safari doesn’t make PayPal’s list of recommended browsers because it doesn’t have two important anti-phishing security features, according to Michael Barrett, PayPal’s chief information security officer.

“Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what they need to do, to protect their customers,” Barrett said in an interview. “Our recommendation at this point, to our customers, is use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 when it comes out, or Firefox 2 or Firefox 3, or indeed Opera.”

Safari is the default browser on Apple’s Macintosh computers and the iPhone, but it is also available for the PC. Both Firefox and Opera run on the Mac.

Unlike its competitors, Safari has no built-in phishing filter to warn users when they are visiting suspicious Web sites, Barrett said. Another problem is Safari’s lack of support for another anti-phishing technology, called Extended Validation (EV) certificates. This is a secure Web browsing technology that turns the address bar green when the browser is visiting a legitimate Web site.

When it comes to fighting phishing, “Safari has got nothing in terms of security support, only SSL (Secure Sockets Layer encryption), that’s it,” he said. Apple representatives weren’t immediately available to comment on this story.

An emerging technology, EV certificates are already supported in Internet Explorer 7, and they’ve been used on PayPal’s Web site for more than a year now. When IE 7 visits PayPal, the browser’s address bar turns green — a sign to users that the site is legitimate. Upcoming versions of Firefox and Opera are expected to support the technology.

But EV certificates have their critics. Last year, researchers at Microsoft and Stanford University published a study showing that, without training, people were unlikely to notice the green address-bar notification provided by EV certificates.

Still, Barrett says data compiled on PayPal’s Web site show that the EV certificates are having an effect. He says IE 7 users are more likely to sign on to PayPal’s Web site than users who don’t have EV certificate technology, presumably because they’re confident that they’re visiting a legitimate site.

Over the past few months, IE 7 users have been less likely to drop out and abandon the process of signing on to PayPal, he said. “It’s a several percentage-point drop in abandonment rates,” he said. “That number is… measurably lower for IE 7 users.”

Opera, IE, and Firefox are ” safer , precisely because we think they are safer for the average consumer,” he added. “I’d love to say that Safari was a safer browser, but at this point it isn’t.”

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paypal safari not working

Hi, please could someone help. PayPal has stopped working with safari mac, or iOS, when i try to log in, last 37 hr, goes to a PayPal page with a rectangular box greyed out.

have restarted, got rid of caches and the issue remains .

works on three other browsers but that is so inconvenient

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 7, 2019 2:42 PM

Posted on Apr 7, 2019 2:58 PM

   Restart the router

       Startup in Safe Mode, launch Safari, go to Paypal and test.

       Restart normally by clicking the “Restart” button at the bottom.

       Start up in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

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Apr 7, 2019 2:58 PM in response to Marek Kaniewski

Apr 7, 2019 5:22 PM in response to Marek Kaniewski

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues.

Isolating an issue by using another user account  

Apr 7, 2019 3:50 PM in response to dominic23

thank you for suggestion........have done the above and the same issues

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Paypal to Block Apple Safari Browser, Other Browsers

Paypal has announced that they are going to block browsers which do not support EV SSL certificate anti-phishing technology, which include the Apple Safari web browser, along with a few other browsers. The online payment service, purchased by eBay for $1.5B back in 2002, in the good old days of rampant Internet mergers and acquisitions, has become a frequent target of phishers and hackers. Anxious to recapture their good name and to offer to sellers and buyers alike a more secure environment, PayPal plans to discontinue support for web browsers that do not include anti-phishing capabilities. If this plan goes through, PayPal will block Safari and older versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Netscape.

*Note: Since publication of this article, we have been made aware of one comment, to one story, by a Paypal employee refuting that Paypal plans to block Safari. Said Mike Oldenburg, of Paypal Corporate Communications, “We have absolutely no intention of blocking current versions of any browsers, including Apple’s Safari, from our website.” Weasel words, we think – exactly how is Oldenburg defining “current”? We suggest that they probably mean “up-to-date with current anti-phishing technology”, which Safari is not at this time, and that if and when Safari adds that current anti-phishing technology, it will be supported. A look at Paypal’s own website shows that they are now all about anti-phishing technology-enabled web browsers. (By the way, nothing wrong with that.)

EBay’s Chief Information Security Officer, Michael Barrett, and Director of Information Security, Dan Levy, recently co-authored a white paper disclosing this move, writing that in their view, “letting users view the PayPal site on an unsafe browser is equal to a car manufacturer allowing drivers to buy one of their vehicles without seatbelts.”

In that white paper, an official PayPal white paper entitled “A Practical Approach to Managing Phishing”, they say, and we quote:

At PayPal, we are in the process of re-implementing controls which will first warn our customers when logging in to PayPal from those browsers that we consider unsafe. Later, we plan on blocking customers from accessing the site from the most unsafe – usually the oldest – browsers. The Internet Patrol is completely free, and reader-supported. Your tips via CashApp, Venmo, or Paypal are appreciated! Receipts will come from ISIPP. CashApp us Venmo us Paypal us (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

Somehow, we think we’ll give a bit more weight to what PayPal’s Chief Information Security Officer and their Director of Information Security have to say than to what some Corporate Communications flack posts in a comment to an article on a 3rd-party site. A request to clarify the impact this move will have on Safari users posted on the PayPal blog has yet gone unanswered.

[You can download a PDF of the Paypal white paper on security and anti-phishing here .]

It is at this point that we should make clear that we applaud PayPal for their position, the white paper, and their efforts. But they should also make an unequivocal public statement as to whether or not people who use Safari will be blocked from accessing the PayPal sites and services.

So back to unsafe browsers and seatbeltless cars, it’s time to buck up and buckle up, people. PayPal said recently that it still sees site visitors using the decade-old Internet Explorer 3, released when security was little more than making sure that nobody was looking over your shoulder as you entered your password. The security situation is much more complex today, but PayPal intend to transition themselves and their users to superior security in the future. And it does appear that in order to curb attempted security breaches, in particular phishing hacks, PayPal will after this transition only permit transactions with browsers that support Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates.

Users will be warned if they use an insecure browser, and if they persist they will be prevented from accessing the site until they upgrade.

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